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parallel subsector of sanitation progress is falling far short of the mark. In reality, most basic observations indicate that … water supply coverage is not as good as the figures show while national sanitation continues to be poor even after almost … factors constrain access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation in India for both the urban and rural poor, and that …
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This article investigates the impact of piped water supply and sanitation on health outcomes in urban Yemen using a … separate identification of water and sanitation impacts. Results indicate that access to piped water supply worsens health …
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, we use the newly available data set DLHS-3 to quantify the impact of access to improved sanitation on diarrheal morbidity … sanitation reduces the risk of contracting diarrhea by 2.2 percentage points. There is considerable heterogeneity in the impacts … of improved sanitation. We neither fi nd statistically signi cant treatment effects for children in low or middle …
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This paper examines the impact of drinking water quality and sanitation behavior on child health in rural districts of … methods to quantify the impacts of water quality and sanitation behavior on diarrhea incidence among children under five years … desired health benefits of sanitation. To protect rural households from the risk of contracting communicable diseases …
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Worldwide, India has the highest number of people defecating in the open. In an attempt to reduce number of open defecation, a supply side initiative is underway. In 2014-2015, Government of India, constructed 8 million toilets. However, an important aspect for this supply-side initiative to...
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In India, 52 98 million people live in urban slums, and 59% of slums are "non-notified" or lack legal recognition by the government. In this paper, we use data on 2,901 slums from four waves of the National Sample Survey (NSS) spanning almost 20 years to test the hypothesis that non-notified...
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the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM). In June 2014, we reported the results of a survey of rural sanitation behaviour in north … coercion is correlated with variation in sanitation outcomes: in villages where more people report coercive SBM activities …
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Basic sanitation and hygiene can prevent roughly a million deaths a year. This study examines the rapid prototyping of … a pilot school-based handwashing, safe water, and sanitation program in Chennai, India. Our content analysis identified … commitment), factors outside the class but within the school (School administration and support and Hygiene and sanitation …
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-plot sanitation systems potentially offer a solution to the sanitaryneeds of the urban poor. Nevertheless, commonly held assumptions … appropriateness anduser acceptability of on-plot sanitation options. The thesis contributes to an improvedunderstanding of the context … sanitation, more effectivestimulation and negotiation of demand for sanitation systems and challenges for agenciesin adopting a …
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How much did rural sanitation in India change under the five years of the Swacch Bharat Mission? The best nationally … representative statistics on sanitation in India have long come from the Demographic and Health Surveys, known as the National Family …
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