Sanitation

Many states have achieved 100% open defecation free status: Economic Survey

The mission mirrors the national developmental priorities by focusing on gender equality and women empowerment, the survey said

Publication Date: 
05/07/2019
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Open Defecation, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Sanitation
Sanitation

Showcasing the Swachh Bharat Mission: When print media told the Swachh Bharat Story

The book is a compilation of media coverage of the major milestones of the Swachh Bharat Mission since 2014.

Publication Date: 
24/06/2019
Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
Tags:
Rural Sanitation, Sanitation, Open Defecation, India
Health

Progress on household drinking water, sanitation and hygiene 2000-2017: Special focus on inequalities

Billions of people around the world are continuing to suffer from poor access to water, sanitation and hygiene, according to a new report by UNICEF and the World Health Organization.

Publication Date: 
18/06/2019
UNICEF
Tags:
Drinking Water, Sanitation, Health, Open Defecation, India, Global
Sanitation

Open ‘bush loos’ are putting people at risk of disease, death

To Ekadeli Loliyak and his family of eight children, a toilet is a luxury they can ill afford.

Publication Date: 
29/05/2019
East African (Kenya)
Tags:
Sanitation, Toilets, Health Effects, Kenya, Diseases, Open Defecation, Africa
Sanitation

47 million Nigerians indulge in open defecation — UNICEF

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said not less than 47 million Nigerians still indulge in open defecation in the country.

Publication Date: 
23/05/2019
Premium Times (Nigeria)
Tags:
Sanitation, Nigeria, Open Defecation, UNICEF, Toilets, Drinking Water, Water Supply, Africa
Water Supply

Indian sanitation market to reach US$ 60 billion by 2021: Secretary, Drinking Water and Sanitation

Govt to soon launch new 'ODF Special' standard after ODF and ODF++

Publication Date: 
26/04/2019
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Drinking Water, Sanitation, Open Defecation, Waste Management, Water Supply
Sanitation

Nigeria: Court Sentences Nine People for Open Defecation in Ekiti

Adeosun Abayomi of an Aramoko Magistrates' Court, on Wednesday, sentenced nine people including a traditional title holder and a Clergy to six months in prison each for open defecation in Ekiti Sta

Publication Date: 
11/04/2019
All Africa
Tags:
Sanitation, Open Defecation, Nigeria, Court, Toilets, Africa
Sanitation

Study to ascertain the impact of the achievement of Open Defecation Free (ODF) status, on the incidence of environmental contamination in Odisha, Bihar and West Bengal

The purpose of scientific study is to ascertain contamination levels, related to human and animal faecal contamination in Environmental Medium viz. Water, Soil and Food in 4 numbers of villages each in one ODF and one non-ODF district in each of the three states viz. Bihar, Odisha and West Bengal.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2019
UNICEF
Tags:
Open Defecation, Rural Sanitation, Sanitation, Orissa (Odisha), Bihar, West Bengal, Faecal Coliforms
Sanitation

Sanitation in large and dense villages of India: the last mile and beyond

The aim of this white paper is to explore the nuances of the prevalence of on-site sanitation systems in large and dense villages of India.

Publication Date: 
30/03/2019
Aditya Bhol, Shubhagato Dasgupta, Anindita Mukherjee, Aastha Jain
Centre for Policy Research (CPR)
Tags:
Rural Sanitation, Rural Water Supply, India, Open Defecation
Sanitation

Only 26% of rural toilets use twin-leach pits, finds survey

Under the twin-pit system, two pits are dug with honeycombed walls and earthen floors which allow liquid to percolate into the surrounding soil

Publication Date: 
18/03/2019
Varun B. Krishnan
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Open Defecation, Toilets, Twin Pit Toilets, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Sanitation, Rural Sanitation

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