According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), 47.2% of Namibians still practise open defecation, while the figure rises to 70.9% among households in rural communities.

LUCKNOW, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Two children from India's lowest caste were beaten to death by two men after they defecated outside, officials and relatives said on Thursday, in the latest case of ...

One of the problems bedevilling Nigeria is the health effects of open defecation whose impact, according to available statistics, is huge. In this special report, OKWY IROEGBU-CHIKEZIE writes that it ...

Some of us are not aware of the impacts of open-air defecation. We are not even aware of what is open-air defecation. Basically, open-air defecation is the emptying of bowels in an open environment ...