Tag - sanitation

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Inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene claim over 1.2 million lives annually

October 4, 2023

The countries with the highest prevalence of open defecation also bear the heaviest burden of child mortality Inadequate access to clean water, sanitation, and...

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Burden of the world’s water crises falls on women and girls

July 11, 2023

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Women are most likely to be responsible for fetching water, while girls are nearly twice as likely as boys to bear the responsibility, and spend more time...

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Pads and toilets for a new Swachh India

September 19, 2022

My involvement in the Swachh Bharat Mission as a champion of village toilet construction and menstrual hygiene In 2013, I visited a village in rural Madhya...