Over 1 billion people still practice open defecation. Low uptake and use of new sanitation
technologies in a number of settings has underscored our current limited understanding of …

Open defecation, which is still practiced by about a billion people worldwide, is one of the
most compelling examples of how place influences health in developing countries. Efforts by …

Introduction Monitoring of sanitation programs is often limited to sanitation access and
coverage, with little emphasis on use of the facilities despite increasing evidence of …

An estimated 56% of households in rural India defecated in the open in 2015, making India
the most significant contributor to the global sanitation burden. This cross-sectional study …

To prevent diseases associated with inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene, people
needing latrines and behavioural interventions must be identified. We compared two …

One of the largest gaps between policy intent and actual public behavior lies in the area of
sanitation. Despite well-established health benefits as well as intense government efforts …

Globally, an estimated 892 million people, approximately 12% of the global population,
defecates in the open. Ending open defecation by 2030 is the aim of Sustainable …

Open defecation remains a major environmental sanitation challenge facing all areas of
Ghana. This notwithstanding, the socioeconomic drivers of this phenomenon are …

Toilet ownership in India has grown in recent years, but open defecation can persist even
when rural households own latrines. There are at least two pathways through which social …

In 2017, the Joint Monitoring Programme estimated that 520 million people in India were
defecating in the open every day. This is despite efforts made by the government, Non …