Sixty-three percent of people in Ghana's Upper East Region have no access to a toilet, and World Vision Ghana wants that number to change, fast.
The international NGO is calling on stakeholders across the region to stop talking and start acting on water, sanitation, and hygiene. The message is simple: awareness campaigns have had their moment, and what communities need now is concrete, on-the-ground intervention.
Open defecation remains one of the most persistent public health challenges in rural Ghana, linked to the spread of disease and disproportionately affecting women, children, and the elderly. The situation in the Upper East makes that reality impossible to ignore.
Whether local government, civil society, or development partners step up next is the question worth watching.
Originally published by AllAfrica.