Sanitation

Fund created for safe sanitation in Asia, Pacific countries

The Asian Development Bank and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have created a new ‘Sanitation Financing Trust Fund’ to expand and speed up access to safe sanitation in countries in Asia and

Publication Date: 
04/09/2013
Dawn (Pakistan)
Tags:
Sanitation, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Asia, Open Defecation, Health, Diarrhoea
Sanitation

Open defecation free Valley in two years

Local bodies in the Kathmandu Valley plan to declare the valley an open defecation free (ODF) zone by 2015.

Publication Date: 
04/09/2013
Himalayan Times (Nepal)
Tags:
Kathmandu, Sanitation, Open Defecation, Toilets, Nepal, South Asia
Sanitation

UN calls for greater focus on sanitation and an end to open defecation

Deputy secretary general uses World Water Week address to push social and economic case for renewed efforts on sanitation

Publication Date: 
02/09/2013
Guardian (UK)
Tags:
Sanitation, Open Defecation, Toilets, WHO, Drinking Water, Developing Countries, Diarrhoea, Cambodia, Pakistan, Nigeria, India, South Asia
Health

Open defecation and childhood stunting in India: An ecological analysis of new data from 112 districts

Poor sanitation remains a major public health concern linked to several important health outcomes; emerging evidence indicates a link to childhood stunting. In India over half of the population defecates in the open; the prevalence of stunting remains very high. Recently published data on levels of stunting in 112 districts of India provide an opportunity to explore the relationship between levels of open defecation and stunting within this population.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2013
Dean Spears, Arabinda Ghosh, Oliver Cumming
PLoS ONE
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Open Defecation, Child Health, Health Effects, India, Waterborne diseases, Diarrhoea, Sanitation
Sanitation

Rural Ministry to join hands with defence body for bio-toilets

Rural Development Ministry would join hands with a leading defence research organisation to push eco-friendly bio-toilets in villages in four states where the menace of open defecation remained una

Publication Date: 
26/08/2013
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ministry Of Rural Development, Open Defecation, Sanitation, Toilets, DRDO, Bihar, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh
Sanitation

Bhaktapur set to be Open Defecation Free district

The government is preparing to declare Bhaktapur Open Defecation Free (ODF) district during the upcoming South Asian Conference on Sanitation (Sacosan) to be held in Nepal for the first time.

Publication Date: 
26/08/2013
Kathmandu Post (Nepal)
Tags:
Nepal, Sanitation, Open Defecation, Bhaktapur, Kathmandu, South Asia, Toilets
Sanitation

Parties pledge to promote sanitation

Leaders of various political parties today pledged to promote sanitation activities.

Publication Date: 
30/07/2013
Himalayan Times (Nepal)
Tags:
Nepal, Sanitation, Toilets, Open Defecation, Drinking Water, Water Supply, South Asia
Sanitation

Kapan declared open defecation free

Kapan VDC in Kathmandu has been declared open defecation free VDC on Sunday with the slogan ‘Clean and Green Kapan: Our identity.'

Publication Date: 
15/07/2013
Nepal News (Nepal)
Tags:
Kathmandu, Open Defecation, Sanitation, Toilets, South Asia, Nepal
Sanitation

Govt mulls boost for rural sanitation

The state government would organise street plays and musical skits to spread awareness against open defecation and to encourage ruralfolk to construct toilets in their homes.

Publication Date: 
12/07/2013
Times of India (Lucknow)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Sanitation, Open Defecation, Rural Sanitation, Toilets, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)
Sanitation

Nagarkot declared ODF zone

Local authorities on Friday declared Nagarkot VDC in Bhaktapur district, which is located around 32 kilometers north-east from the Kathmandu valley, totally free from open defecation.

Publication Date: 
06/07/2013
Kathmandu Post (Nepal)
Tags:
Open Defecation, Sanitation, Nepal, South Asia

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