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Sanitation and the unlikely link to good health

January 30, 2019

Khushboo Shroff

public health, Sanitation, Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, Wastewater treatment

Bio Solutions, Environment, Public Health, Sanitation, Sustainable Solutions, ThinkSafe, Water

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Poor sanitation, lack of access to clean water, and inadequate personal hygiene are responsible for an estimated 88% of childhood diarrhea in India. Taking action to improve health requires understanding the factors that influence exposure to faecal pathogens and the various pathways in which they are exposed to human beings.

The pressing issue of sanitation in Nigeria

December 4, 2018

Gayatri Chowdhary

air pollution, bio-toilets, diseases, environment, nigeria, Sanitation, Toilets, water pollution

Bio Solutions, Environment, Public Health, Sanitation, Sustainable Solutions

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With limited access to sanitation facilities, Nigeria has historically been among the top countries in the world seeing open defecation. Apart from the environmental challenges, this is also blooming into a full-blown health crisis for the country.

India’s diarrhoea problem that no one wants you to know about

May 29, 2018

Dr. Ganesh Kamath

Biotoilet, public health, Sanitation, swacch bharat, Toilets

Environment, Sanitation

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Diarrhoea, that slightly embarrassing infection we avoid talking about when we suffer from it! We often consider diarrhoea as something not very serious, yet in India it has become the second biggest killer of children under age five. Around the world annually more than 500000 children under five lose their lives due to severe dehydration caused by diarrhoea.

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