Resistant to many types of cleaners, including hand sanitizer, the Norovirus has since managed to infect over 15% of the tested population in the northeastern United States. Due to poor hygiene ...

Worldmapper, an online resource, says, “The highest total number of people (practising open defecation) live in India, ...

Latest report by WASH National Routine Mapping (WASHNORM) showed that 47 million people in Nigeria practise open defecation ...

Ascaris is the most common cause of soil-transmitted helminthiasis, a class of intestinal infections also transmitted by whipworm and hookworm. Most people never show symptoms, but in rare cases, the ...

Some of the diseases, namely soil-transmitted helminthiasis, schistosomiasis, and trachoma, can be controlled with preventive drug treatments, but reinfection can rapidly occur. Eliminating these ...

Tanzania has received 11.8bn/- from the UK government to support the fight against Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), ...

The Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation has expressed deep concern over the ongoing practice of open ...

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned of a looming health crisis in Nigeria, as 200 million citizens are at ...

In this interview, a highly accomplished leader in the oil & gas sector and Chairman of the Aviation Fuel Marketers ...

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned of a looming health crisis in Nigeria, as 200 million citizens are at risk of contracting 17 Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs).

Nigeria will require over 20 million toilet facilities to combat the alarming issue of open defecation, which remains ...

The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has stressed the need for the public and the private sector to strengthen efforts in ending open defecation in ...