The United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF) has announced that Daikundi, along with Bamiyan, has joined the list of provinces where open defecation has ended \u2014 a development the agency says improves families\u2019 and children\u2019s access to sanitation services.<\/p>\n
Tajuddin Oyewale, UNICEF\u2019s representative in Afghanistan, wrote in a post on X on Monday, 19 Asad, that Daikundi this year became the second province after Bamiyan to be declared open defecation-free.<\/p>\n
According to Oyewale, 627,000 residents in nine districts of Daikundi now have access to sanitation services \u2014 access that he said helps create a healthier environment for children.<\/p>\n
Earlier, Bamiyan had been named Afghanistan\u2019s first open defecation-free area. The province, with a population of more than half a million, achieved that status in 2018.<\/p>\n
The term \u201copen defecation-free\u201d is used in public health programmes to refer to areas where residents use sanitary toilets and the disposal of human waste in open areas has stopped.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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