Youths Move To End Open Defecation In Nigeria, Other Africa Countries

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people between 10- 24 years old in Ghana and Nigeria are being mobilised to share ideas on how to end open defecation in their communities.

According to the United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNICEF), the exercise has begun in Ghana and Nigeria and would take off in Central Africa in the coming weeks.

UNICEF disclosed this yesterday in a press statement made available to The

Guardian in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital.

The global agency said young people were being mobilised to put an end to open defecation because it exacerbates malnutrition and contributes to diarrheal diseases.

UNICEF expressed sadness that the two regions still “accounts for 24 per cent of global open defecation, with 120 million people practicing it”, lamenting that it was a leading cause of child deaths in West and Central Africa.