Determinants of Open Defecation Among Rural Women in Ghana: Analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys

• Main Authors: Eugene Appiah-Effah (Author), Kingsley Boakye (Author), Tarif Salihu (Author), Godwin Armstrong Duku (Author), Justice Ofosu-Darko Fenteng (Author), George Boateng (Author), Francis Appiah (Author), Kwabena Biritwum Nyarko (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Open defecation continuously remains a major global sanitation challenge, contributing to an estimated 1.6 million deaths per year. Ghana ranks second in Africa for open defecation and had the fourth-lowest sanitation coverage in 2010. Evidence indicates that about 32% of the rural Ghanaian populati...