Editing Openai/68c9528b-c040-8000-b875-ef2cd570f120


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== gpt-5 ==
=== User: open defecation in the world, in Africa and Ethiopiabetter to be supported in inmage ===
open defecation in the world, in Africa and Ethiopia(better to be supported in inmage

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Here’s what I found on open defecation globally, in Africa, and in Ethiopia, with some maps and stats. If you want, I can get high-resolution data or more recent figures.

==== Key Facts & Figures ====

===== Global =====
* About 420 million people still practise open defecation worldwide as of around 2023. That’s roughly 5% of the global population. World Bank Blogs<ref>{{cite web|title=World Bank Blogs|url=https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/world-toilet-day-420-million-people-are-defecating-outdoors|publisher=World Bank Blogs|access-date=2026-01-19}}</ref>
* Since 2000, open defecation has dropped significantly (by ~68%) globally. World Bank Blogs<ref>{{cite web|title=World Bank Blogs|url=https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/world-toilet-day-420-million-people-are-defecating-outdoors|publisher=World Bank Blogs|access-date=2026-01-19}}</ref>

===== Africa / Sub-Saharan Africa =====
* Open defecation is especially still a problem in sub-Saharan Africa. The Conversation<ref>{{cite web|title=The Conversation|url=https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/world-toilet-day-420-million-people-are-defecating-outdoors|publisher=The Conversation|access-date=2026-01-19}}</ref>
* The pooled prevalence of open defecation in sub-Saharan Africa is about 22.6% (with large variation between countries, from under 1% in some, up to ~70% in others). BioMed Central<ref>{{cite web|title=BioMed Central|url=https://tropmedhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41182-022-00416-5|publisher=BioMed Central|access-date=2026-01-19}}</ref>
* Many of those practising open defecation are in rural, poorer, less educated communities. Poverty, lack of infrastructure, and uneven access to water are key factors. BioMed Central<ref>{{cite web|title=BioMed Central|url=https://tropmedhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41182-022-00416-5|publisher=BioMed Central|access-date=2026-01-19}}</ref>

===== Ethiopia =====
* Big improvement: Ethiopia reduced open defecation from about 82% to 29% over the MDG period. UNICEF<ref>{{cite web|title=UNICEF|url=https://www.unicef.org/ethiopia/stories/accelerating-safely-managed-sanitation-sms-ethiopia|publisher=unicef.org|access-date=2026-01-19}}</ref>
* Yet despite that progress, safely managed sanitation (toilets where waste is safely disposed or treated) is low: only about 7% of households in Ethiopia have safely managed sanitation. UNICEF<ref>{{cite web|title=UNICEF|url=https://www.unicef.org/ethiopia/stories/accelerating-safely-managed-sanitation-sms-ethiopia|publisher=unicef.org|access-date=2026-01-19}}</ref>
* The PMA-ET (Performance Monitoring for Action Ethiopia) 2021 study predicts that some regions—especially Afar, Somali, Tigray, and parts of Amhara—still have high rates of open defecation. SpringerLink<ref>{{cite web|title=SpringerLink|url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-024-19222-1|publisher=link.springer.com|access-date=2026-01-19}}</ref>

If you like, I can send a map showing Ethiopia by region with open defecation levels, or show trends over time. Do you want that?

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