Title | Scaling up rural sanitation : findings from the impact evaluation baseline survey in Madhya Pradesh, India : global scaling up rural sanitation |
Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
Year of Publication | 2011 |
Authors | Salvatore, AL, Patil, SR, Asia, Wand Sanita |
Secondary Title | Technical paper / WSP |
Pagination | 65 p.; 60 tab.; 5 fig.; 1 box |
Date Published | 2011-03-01 |
Publisher | Water and Sanitation Program, WSP |
Place Published | Washington, DC, USA |
Keywords | access to sanitation, child health, child hygiene, health, health aspects, health hazards, health impact, hygiene, india, india madhya pradesh, public health, toilet hygiene |
Abstract |
In response to the preventable threats posed by poor sanitation and hygiene, the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) launched two large-scale projects, Global Scaling Up Handwashing and Global Scaling Up Rural Sanitation, to improve the health and welfare outcomes for millions of poor people. Local and national governments are implementing these projects with technical support from WSP. The goal of Global Scaling Up Rural Sanitation is to reduce the risk of diarrhea and therefore increase household productivity by stimulating demand for sanitation in the lives of people in India, Indonesia, and Tanzania. The statistics generated from the baseline IE data indicate that there is a substantial need for improvements in sanitation and sanitation-related behaviors in MP. Although the |
Notes | With 8 references |
Custom 1 | 822, 305.2 |