Open defaecation gets out of hand around University of Health & Allied Sciences; lecturers, chiefs fingered
A resident of Sokode Gbogame, a suburb of Ho in the Volta Region where the University of...
The Komenda Edina Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipal Assembly in the Central Region has fined five persons, including an Assembly Member, for an open defecation at beach. The five were not taken to court...
LIXIL Group Corporation, a global leader in the housing and building industry, has endorsed a joint declaration with the World Toilet Organization, Saraya Co., Ltd., and the ANA BLUE WING Program on...
Government has announced it will from next year pursue a ‘Toilet for All’ agenda in a bid to end open defecation in the country. Consequent to that, it will provide 200,000 household toilets and...
A World Bank report has revealed that 19,000 lives are lost in Ghana annually through the effects of open defecation and its related poor sanitation diseases. This is because of the high rate of the...
Landlords owning houses without conveniences in the Upper East Region of Ghana has been given 3 months -from now to December, to construct toilet facilities for their respective houses or risk having...
The very common menace of open defecation in Ghana has been one of the most difficult societal ills to put an end to! The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly of the Western Region has begun a...
Country Director of WaterAid Ghana, Mr. Mohammed Abdul-Nashiru, has expressed the urgent need to recognise efforts and contributions of the Regional Interagency Coordinating Committees (RICCS) and...
The Tamale Metropolitan Assembly has topped the list of open defecation areas in the Northern Region. This is the third consecutive time the metropolis has scored zero marks in a ranking which...
The Asuogyaman District Education Directorate in the Eastern Region has threatened to close down the Serdom Basic School because residents in the area defecate in the classrooms. Because the area...
The Indian government has announced plans to roll out ‘Swachh Bharat Toilet Locator’ in 85 cities by 2 October 2017. The app is available for download on the Google Play Store to help people...
The residents of Ashaiman and Adjei Kojo have been advised to patronise toilet at half price project to improve sanitation in their communities. The Greater Accra Metropolitan Area–Sanitation and...
Paramount Chief of Katiu, Pe Ayikode Zangbeo Atoge IV, one of the chiefs addressing the durbar Many Anthropologists who study the cultural variation among humans have identified Culture as a powerful...
Over the last two days, my colleagues and I on the Citi Breakfast Show have been raging about the filthy towns and cities. We were stunned to learn the World Bank was considering cutting aid to Ghana...
The Ministry of Sanitation has revealed government’s plans to erect private toilet facilities in Ghana, as an effective measure of addressing open defecation in the country. The Minister of...
Despite policies that require every household to have a toilet facility, the 2016 District League Table (DLT) has revealed that not a single community in the entire 16 metropolitan, municipal and...
Government intends to construct toilet facilities in various homes across the country as an effective measure of addressing open defecation, the Minister of Sanitation, Kofi Adda, has revealed. The...
The Citi Breakfast Show on Tuesday March 21, 2017 focused on open defecation and measures that can be taken to resolve it.Join GhanaStar.com to receive daily email alerts of breaking news in Ghana....
Government intends to construct toilet facilities in various homes across the country as an effective measure of addressing open defecation, the Minister of Sanitation, Kofi Adda, has revealed. The...
Open defecation persists in Ghana despite continuous education about its effect on society because many Ghanaians consider the practice as a “normal” way of life. According to David Duncan, the...
