Open defecation is the human practice of defecating outside ("in the open") rather than into a toilet. People may choose fields, bushes, forests, ditches...
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involuntary. In infants, the defecation occurs by reflex action without the voluntary control of the external anal sphincter. Defecation is voluntary in adults...
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Pit latrine (section Alternative to open defecation)
disease by reducing the amount of human feces in the environment from open defecation. This decreases the transfer of pathogens between feces and food by...
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media campaign led by UNICEF to combat the country's problems with open defecation. The campaign received a mixed reception online, and continues to be...
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India on 2 October 2014 to eliminate open defecation and improve solid waste management and to create Open Defecation Free (ODF) villages. The program also...
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are not disadvantaged. Open defecation is the practice of defecating out in the open, rather than using a toilet. "Open defecation free" (ODF) is a central...
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Indian states and territories by the percentage of households which are open defecation free, that is those that have access to sanitation facilities, in both...
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basic practices such as open defecation, and helped control the spread of many waterborne diseases. However, unsafe defecation in unimproved latrines still...
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Sustainable Development Goal 6 (section Target 6.2: End open defecation and provide access to sanitation and hygiene)
access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those...
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disease transmission include lack of adequate sanitation (leading to open defecation), and poor hygiene practices. If soil or water bodies are polluted...
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ladder defined by the Joint Monitoring Programme in 2016 starts at open defecation and moves upwards using the terms "unimproved", "limited", "basic"...
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dyssynergic defecation, slow transit constipation (colonic dysmotility) and irritable bowel syndrome with constipation. Obstructed defecation is one of...
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levels of pollution (e.g. air pollution, littering, water pollution, open defecation), higher proportions of people with tropical and infectious diseases...
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access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation". The number of different types of toilets used worldwide is large...
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of defecation postures to defecate: squatting and sitting. People use the squatting postures when using squat toilets or when defecating in the open in...
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birth Literacy rate Media exposure Number of vehicles Number of voters Open defecation Origin of name Past population Places of worship Poverty rate Power...
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birth Literacy rate Media exposure Number of vehicles Number of voters Open defecation Origin of name Past population Places of worship Poverty rate Power...
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despite having access to a toilet, about 522 million people practised open defecation in India in 2014. Kerala, Mizoram, and Lakshadweep State/UT have a...
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diarrhea can lead to severe dehydration and can become life-threatening. Open defecation is a leading cause of infectious diarrhea leading to death. Poverty...
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Feces-related aspects Anal hygiene Defecation Defecation postures Fecal sludge management Flying toilet Open defecation Scatology Places Haewoojae Hundertwasser...
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Bharat Mission, the country-wide sanitation campaign to eliminate open defecation and improve solid waste management. Iyer's modus operandi to achieve...
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Government of India. The Urban areas of Chhattisgarh attained the title of open defecation free on 2 October 2017 and the rural areas have achieved a 90.31% sanitation...
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to, 1) “develop, launch and roll-out a national Strategy to reduce open defecation to 21.7% to 9% by 2025, 2) fully fund the building of efficient regulatory...
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Toilet seat (section Open front toilet seats)
transmission. Depending on the sex of the user and type of use (urination or defecation) the seat itself may be left either up or down. The issue of whether the...
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UNICEF India congratulated the government for making Nadia the first Open Defecation Free district in the country. In a statement on 17 October 2012, Banerjee...
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towns free of open defecation". The Times of India. Dutta, Saptarshi (7 September 2017). "With 76 Towns And Cities Already Open Defecation Free, West Bengal...
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birth Literacy rate Media exposure Number of vehicles Number of voters Open defecation Origin of name Past population Places of worship Poverty rate Power...
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sanitation conditions in India, with an emphasis on the eradication of open defecation, which, before the Swachh Bharat mission, was still a problem, especially...
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state governor officially commenced the 'Clean Kwara' Campaign to end open defecation and promote good hygiene in the state. The state government is working...
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complexes. 10 million (around 20%) of Sudan’s population practices open defecation. There are few public toilets in Khartoum. Despite this, the city has...
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