https://kuenselonline.com/bhutan-becomes-open-defecation-free-country/
"With access to improved sanitation facilities nationwide, Bhutan is now
declared an Open Defecation Free (ODF) country.
World Health Organisation (WHO) defines open defecation as the practice of
defecating in fields, forests, bushes, water bodies, or other open spaces.
The elimination of open defecation is recognised as a top priority for
improving the health, nutrition, and productivity of developing country
populations and is explicitly mentioned in SDG target 6.2.
According to the press release from Health Ministry, a total of 76 gewogs from
12 dzongkhags of Bumthang, Chukha, Gasa, Haa, Paro, Pemagatshel, Punakha,
Samtse, Sarpang, Thimphu, Trashigang, and Zhemgang achieved 100 percent ODF
this year on the World Toilet Day November 19. “Bhutan’s ODF coverage is now
100 per cent.”
Sowai Lyonpo Dechen Wangmo said that it is an important achievement in Bhutan’s
public health. “This means all the homes in the country now have improved
toilets.”
SNV Bhutan’s Regional Programme Manager Gabrielle Halcrow said that with the
support of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene Program partners including local CSOs
such as Ability Bhutan and Bhutan Network for Empowering Women, there is a
shared commitment to not only sustain but continue to progress towards
safely-managed sanitation for all.
“For SNV, it was a privilege to partner with the ministry to develop and scale
up approaches to improving rural sanitation and hygiene since the first pilot
activities in 2008 to what is now a national programme collectively celebrating
ending open defecation,” Gabrielle Halcrow said."
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