A third of the 2·5 billion people worldwide without access to improved sanitation live in India, as do two-thirds of the 1·1 billion practising open defecation and a quarter of the 1·5 million who die annually from diarrhoeal diseases. The researchers aimed to assess the effectiveness of a rural sanitation intervention, within the context of the Government of India's Total Sanitation Campaign, to prevent diarrhoea, soil-transmitted helminth infection, and child malnutrition.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/effectiveness-rural-sanitation-programme-diarrhoea-soil-transmitted-helminth
[2] http://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(14)70307-9/fulltext
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/thomas-clasen
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sophie-boisson
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/parimita-routray-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/lancet-global-health
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rural-sanitation
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waterborne-diseases
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/diarrhoea
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/total-sanitation-campaign
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
