Child stunting: A public health crisis fuelled by stray dogs, open defecation A recent study spanning India, Indonesia, Mali, and Tanzania found that sanitisation programmes designed to eliminate open ...

Open defecation remains a persistent and deeply troubling public health issue in Ghana rsquo;s Upper East Region .

In India, Hindus are, on average, richer and more educated than Muslims. But oddly, Hindus’ child mortality rate is much higher. All observable factors say Hindus should fare better, but they don’t.

The award winning child sanitation diplomat of the School Sanitation Solutions Challenge 2022, Maame Akua Ohenewaa Gyimah, has appealed to all government agencies and various stakeholders on the ...

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has raised concerns over the rising cases of stunted growth among children in Katsina State and the state’s slow progress towards achieving Open Defecation ...

Out of the country’s 774 local government areas, just about 140 LGAs have achieved ODF status. That leaves a long way to go before the national target of ending open defecation by 2025, as declared in ...