Nearly a Billion People Still Defecate Outdoors. Here’s Why.

The problem isn’t just a lack of toilets—it’s a lack of toilets that people want to use. The result: millions of deaths and disease-stunted lives.
Leadership

Lagos Residents Blame Open Defecation On High Cost Of Using Public Toilets

As open defecation compounds the problem of mounting waste crisis in the Lagos metropolis, many residents have fingered ...
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People are throwing phones and pooping at concerts, and experts have a theory why

Whether it’s Harry Styles getting hit in the face with Skittles onstage, fans filming shows instead of, you know, actually watching them, or a disturbing increase in public defecation in the audience, ...
India

People defecating in open will be fined Rs 50 by BMC

Bhubaneswar, Jun 30 (PTI) The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided that people defecating in the open in the city will be fined Rs 50, officials said today. This was decided at the ...
Reuters

One billion people still defecate in public despite health risks-UN

One billion people worldwide still practice "open defecation" and they need to be told that this leads to the spread of fatal diseases, U.N. experts said on Thursday at the launch of a study on ...
The Conversation

There are too few toilets in Africa and it’s a public health hazard – how to fix the problem

Open sewage at Kenya’s largest slum, Kibera, in Nairobi. Photo credit: Chiba Yasuyoshi/AFP via Getty Images Imagine you are miles from the nearest restroom, and nature’s call is urgent – a situation ...