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In Khorlim’s slums, luxury goes hand in hand with squalor

heek-by-jowl homes betray signs of comfortable lifestyles in this crucial Mapusa ward amid poor sanitary conditions, widespread littering, and open defecation Mapusa’s renowned weekly bazaar may draw ...
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There are too few toilets in Africa and it’s a public health hazard – how to fix the problem

Open sewage at Kenya’s largest slum, Kibera, in Nairobi. Photo credit: Chiba Yasuyoshi/AFP via Getty Images Imagine you are miles from the nearest restroom, and nature’s call is urgent – a situation ...
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Open defecation contaminates Ganga in Haridwar, despite Namami Gange works

India, Dec. 7 -- Despite crores of rupees being spent on cleaning the Ganga under the Namami Gange programme, open defecation by slum dwellers along the banks of the holy river in various parts of ...