African govts pledge to stop open defecation by 2030 endorse Ngor Declaration

African governments have declared a 10-point commitment to ensure improvement in sanitation and hygiene on the continent and also endorsed a declaration to follow them through.
Specifically, the commitments

are geared towards achieving universal access to adequate and sustainable sanitation and hygiene services and the elimination of open defecation by 2030.
The 10-point commitment is part of the declaration named the “Ngor Declaration on Sanitation and Hygiene”, which was agreed by ministers responsible for sanitation and hygiene on behalf of their governments at a recently held sanitation conference in Dakar, Senegal, dubbed AfricaSan 4.
The theme for the conference was: “Making Sanitation for All a Reality in Africa”. It attracted about 1,000 participants from government agencies, civil society groups, donors and development banks, multilaterals, research organisations and the private sector.

Source: Graphic online