Nigerians Still Practice Open Defecation – Report
http://independentnig.com/2016/07/10/nigerians-still-practice-open-defecation-report/ UNICEF said that lack of access to toilets is endangering millions of the world’s poorest children, pointing to emerging evidence of links between inadequate sanitation and malnutrition. According to UNICEF about 50 million Nigerians are among the 946 million people around the world who do not have access to toilets and are obliged to defecate in the open, with Nigeria among the five countries in the world with the greatest rates of open defecation. The UN agency in a statement signed by the Chief of Communication, UNICEF Nigeria, Doune Porter said lack of sanitation, and particularly open defecation, contributes to the incidence of diarrhea and to the spread of intestinal parasites, both of which cause malnutrition. More than seven million Nigerian children under five years old are stunted – short and underdeveloped for their age as a result of malnutrition – a staggering 37 per cent of the co