Richest corporation of the country still has pockets where open defecation is the only choice.

The Swachh Bharat rankings released by the Union urban development ministry on Saturday has placed Kolhapur at 158th position among 479 class I cities in the country.

178 villages in the district have achieved 100% open defecation free status; Sindhudurg tops the list.

African governments have declared a 10-point commitment to ensure improvement in sanitation and hygiene on the continent and also endorsed a declaration to follow them through.

Teachers and students of the Madina Estate Cluster of Schools are finding innovative ways to attend nature's call due to the lack of toilet facilities in the school.

Ghana has slipped further on its sanitation performance globally to become the World’s 7th worst performing country, according to a new report released on Tuesday.

About 1.8 million Malawians are still practicing open defecation, the global health organization recent report has revealed.

RAJBIRAJ: Despite being declared open-defecation free zones, around dozen VDCs in Saptari are performing very poorly in terms of use of toilets.

Islamabad - Pakistan is one of the 95 countries that have met the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target for sanitation aimed at halving the proportion of the population without sustainable acces

Those who make do without are polluting water and jeopardising health for millions

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