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 20,000 institutional latrines to selected communities, Finance Minister Ken Ofor-Atta announced in the 2018 Budget statement presented to Parliament Wednesday. The … Read more
UNICEF Ghana Chief of WASH, Mr. David Duncan, has advised WASH sector partners to share more information on WASH programme implementation in the rural areas which were yielding results in order to accelerate the process of scaling up Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) across the country. He indicated that it was imperative for partners who … Read more
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 assessed 26 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in the region. Tatale/Sanguli and Mion districts within the eastern corridor were ranked the best … Read more
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 Chief of WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) at the UNICEF office in Ghana, most people in the three regions of the North do not see … Read more
Ghana has been ranked as second in Africa in open defecation with 19 per cent of its population resorting to sanitation practice deemed the riskiest of all. The Tamale Metropolis in the Northern Region is the second highest percentage of people who defecate in the open in the country. This was revealed by the Chief … Read more
Accra, Jan. 3, GNA – On the last day of every year, most people reflect on what they were able to achieve and what they could not. So in the beginning of every New Year, no matter the loss or gains from the previous year, high-spirited people still set targets by preparing resolutions with the … Read more
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has urged Ghanaians to build, own and use improved toilet facilities at home as a means to ending open defecation. “We want our people and institutions to understand that the moment somebody practices open defecation everybody’s life is endangered,” Alhaji Collins Dauda, Minister of Local Government, said … Read more
President John Dramani Mahama has said that the next NDC administration under his watch will work towards ending the age-old menace of open defecation by 2021. The President said this at the Banquet Hall of the State House on Tuesday, where he gave highlights of his party’s manifesto for the 2016 polls in December. The … Read more