Open defecation
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open-defecation-177-16556554
title:
Open defecation
text:
Open defecation is the human practice of defecating outside rather than into a toilet. People may choose fields, bushes, forests, ditches, streets, canals, or other open spaces for defecation. They do so either because they do not have a toilet readily accessible or due to archaic traditional cultural practices. The practice is common where sanitation infrastructure and services are not available. Even if toilets are available, behavior change efforts may still be needed to promote the use of to
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Humans defecating outside (in the open environment) rather than into a toilet
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_defecation
date created:
2014-03-07T11:46:18Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T13:35:09Z
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