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While governmental efforts have contributed greatly to improving urban sanitation in the country and are much discussed in literature, systematic documentation and critical analysis of efforts made by nongovernmental institutions continues to be invisible in the discourse on sanitation and needs to be acknowledged, argues this book.

Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) is caused by the parasite Dracunculus medinensis. It causes a painful skin sore and crippling arthritis. Know more about global effort due to which, the parasite is now almost eradicated.

Access to clean water and sanitation remains a significant challenge in many parts of the world, particularly in low-income countries and marginalised communities

With reports by the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) that one third of Nigerian children do not have enough water to meet their daily needs, the occasion of this year’s World Water Day has again brought to the front burner the seeming helplessness...