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28 Sep OPEN DEFECATION MENACE: THE REAL ISSUES

Posted at 12:20h in event planners, Events, Mobile Toilet, Opinion, Public Health, Sanitation and Clean Water, Space, Toilets, WASH by Cornelius Okeke 0 Comments

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Basically, the real issues are the concerning figures from international developmental partners like UNICEF and UN in relation to open defecation in Nigeria. From UNICEF, it is established that no fewer than 46 million Nigerians are practicing open defecation. This has ranked the country very high on the list...

15 Sep Nigeria sanitation, drinking-water and hygiene status overview

Posted at 14:47h in Mobile Toilet, Opinion, Public Health, Sanitation and Clean Water, Space, Sustainable Development Goals, Toilets, WASH by Cornelius Okeke 0 Comments

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Nigeria is a party to the United Nations Declaration of the Right to Water, which entitles everyone living in Nigeria to sufficient, affordable, safe and acceptable water for personal and domestic uses.The Federal Ministry of Water Resources (FMWR) is the lead agency for WASH activities...

08 Sep 5 WAYS CLEAN HANDS CAN SAVE LIVEs POST COVID-19 PANDEMIC LOCK-DOWN

Posted at 12:18h in COVID-19, event planners, Events, Mobile Toilet, Opinion, Public Health, Sanitation and Clean Water, Space, Sustainable Development Goals, Toilets, WASH by Cornelius Okeke 0 Comments

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Policy Makers Should Identify Areas of Emergency Expansion Areas for emergency expansion of hand-washing facilities such as soap stations and alcohol-based hand-rubs should be identified and be given needed attention. As during the Ebola outbreak, West African countries have swiftly and effectively deployed plastic water containers nicknamed...

07 Sep Disease and Risk

Posted at 16:27h in Opinion, Public Health, Sanitation and Clean Water, Sustainable Development Goals, Toilets, WASH by Cornelius Okeke 0 Comments

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A significant amount of disease could be prevented through access to safe water supply, adequate sanitation services and better hygiene practices. Diarrhea disease alone amounts to an estimated 3.6 % of the total daily global burden of disease and is responsible for the deaths of...

06 Aug COVID-19: SAFETY IN SHARED SANITATION FACILITIES-Toilets

Posted at 10:02h in COVID-19, Mobile Toilet, Public Health, Sanitation and Clean Water, Toilets, WASH by Tolulope Adeyemo 0 Comments

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A large and growing proportion of the global population relies on shared facilities despite evidence of potential health risks it poses. Inadequate or unimproved sanitation has been associated with being poorly managed. By shared sanitation facilities, we mean shared toilet facilities. The proportion of people depending...

03 Aug THE CHALLENGE OF WASTE MANAGEMENT IN LAGOS

Posted at 12:20h in Events, Opinion, Public Health, Sanitation and Clean Water, Sustainable Development Goals by Cornelius Okeke 0 Comments

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Government Insincerity to Waste Management Issues The saying that our authorities are good in developing policies but naive in implementation can be aptly illustrated in the less than satisfactory result the National Policy on Environment 1989 achieved. Heralded as a well thought out program with the...

27 Jul THE CHALLENGE OF WASTE MANAGEMENT IN LAGOS

Posted at 10:54h in Opinion, Public Health, Sanitation and Clean Water, Sustainable Development Goals, Toilets, WASH by Cornelius Okeke 0 Comments

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A Global Concern A recent United Nations Report has posited that while developing countries are improving in areas of portable water, most especially in Sub Sahara Africa are still burdened by sanitation and waste management problems. There is no gain saying that greater percentage of the population, mainly women...

13 Jul NIGERIA ON THE SDG 6 MAP- THE JOURNEY THUS FAr: (continued)

Posted at 10:12h in Opinion, Public Health, Sanitation and Clean Water, Sustainable Development Goals, WASH by Cornelius Okeke 0 Comments

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TARGET 6.5: IMPLEMENT INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT UN definition: ‘’By 2030, implement integrated water resources management at all levels, including through trans-boundary cooperation as appropriate’’. SDG INDICATOR 6.5.1: INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT Definition: Indicator 6.5.1 is the degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0–100). This metric assesses the status of national...

01 Jul NIGERIA ON THE SDG 6 MAP- THE JOURNEY THUS FAR (continued)

Posted at 11:02h in Opinion, Public Health, Sanitation and Clean Water, Sustainable Development Goals, Toilets, WASH by Cornelius Okeke 0 Comments

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Target 6.2: End Open Defecation and Provide Access to Sanitation And Hygiene UN definition: ’’By 2030, achieve 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 in vulnerable situations. Safe sanitation and hygiene’’. Definition:...

27 May 8 THINGS YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT TOILET AND SANITATION

Posted at 09:51h in Opinion, Public Health, Sanitation and Clean Water, Sustainable Development Goals, WASH by Cornelius Okeke 0 Comments

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A toilet is not just a toilet. It’s a life-saver, dignity-protector and opportunity-maker. Whoever you are, wherever you are, sanitation is your human right. And yet, billions of people are being left behind, predominantly in Sub Sahara Africa. Evidently, Lagos with an over-sized population of 23 million people, struggling for space and...