So there they are trying «Total Sanitation,» where they're aiming to make areas open
defecation free, rather than just construct toilets.
Madam Emma - Joan Halm, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Officer of the United Nation's Children Fund (UNICEF), has challenged the Upper West Region to work towards becoming the first Open
Defecation Free (ODF) Region in Ghana.
The Effutu Municipal Assembly in the Central Region has put in place measures to attain Open
Defecation Free status by March 2019.
Speaking at a ceremony to unveil the 2017 Upper East Regional Open
Defecation Free League table in Bolgatnaga, Acting Regional Environmental Office Juventius Asayuure said, the region was on course to end open defecation by 2019.
The 2016 District League Table has revealed that not a single community in the entire 16 metropolitan, municipal and districts in the Greater Accra Region has been certified as open -
defecation free.
The Federal Government on Monday, declared Dass Local Government Area in Bauchi State Open
Defecation Free (ODF).
The CLTS model, which encourages communities to use local materials to construct latrines was adopted in 2015 and triggered the certification of 15 communities as open
defecation free, with 42 more being certified in 2016.
385 out of 1,990 communities of the Upper East Region have been certified Open
Defecation Free through the Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) model.
As yet, no district in Ghana has been certified as Open
Defecation Free, which is the main measure under the sanitation indicator of the UNICEF District League Table.
Not exact matches
It will take Ghana 500 years to bring an end to «
free ranging» or open
defecation, UNICEF's Country Director of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene, David Duncan, has said.
Under the past 25 years in Ghana, improvement was so slow that if we maintain this rate, it will take Ghana 500 years to be
free from open
defecation.
First and foremost, make sure your yard is kept
free of animal waste, and pick up your dog's stool as soon as possible after
defecation.
Clinical signs of separation anxiety include vocalizing, pacing, salivating, inappropriate
defecation and urination, and destructive behaviors like scratching or chewing to be
freed from any type of contained space, says Dr. Mahaney.
Clinical signs of separation anxiety include vocalizing, pacing, salivating, inappropriate
defecation and urination, and destructive behaviors like scratching or chewing to be
freed from any type of contained space, says Dr. Mahaney.