The woman also has a six-year-old daughter who raised an alarm when she dumped the baby. This is contained in a statement by the Public Relations Officer of Kano State Fire Service, Saminu Abdullahi, ...

A 60-year-old man, Malam Danjuma, his son, Ibrahim, 35, and Aminu Gaye, also 35, died in a pit latrine while trying to recover a cellphone at Yar’Gwanda village in Tsanyawa Local Government in Kano ...

Kamuli municipal authorities investigate pit-latrine death. The incident has drawn attention to the dangers faced by workers in informal and high-risk sectors, particularly in regions where poverty ...

Operating in the narrow alleys of informal settlements in Nairobi and other cities is a group of people who play a crucial role in improving public health and sanitation. They are the unsung heroes ...

A new study sheds light on the complex microbial ecosystems found in pit latrines, which are used by billions of people around the world. The findings are relevant for efforts to both improve public ...

JOHANNESBURG - Amnesty International South Africa has voiced strong disappointment over the Basic Education Department's failure to meet its deadline for eradicating school pit latrines. READ: ...

GENEVA, November 19 (UNHCR) - Dominique Porteaud is UNHCR's senior water and sanitation officer. The French national, who has forestry and public health engineering degrees, visits refugees camps and ...