With relevance to India and more widely, this review article examines links between fecally
transmitted infections (FTIs) and undernutrition, presents a new framework for understanding …

The puzzle of persistent undernutrition in India is largely explained by open defecation,
population density, and lack of sanitation and hygiene. The impact on nutrition of many …

Though the health challenges seem to compound with time, the health budget allocation by
the Government of India is getting smaller every year. This year also it is quite meager, only …

The dominant nutrition discourse concerns access to adequate food and its quality. It now
includes food security, food rights and justice, governance and agriculture. Despite many …

Clarissa Brocklehurst discusses the study by Patil and colleagues on a sanitation program in
India and highlights the challenges ahead to improve the situation for millions of people who …

Abstract The Clean India Mission is a national campaign that aims for complete elimination
of open defecation from the country. In India, 564 million people do not have access to toilets …

Nutritional status of children is a key to track the development progress and a precursor to
human well-being. It is not possible to realize sustainable development in the absence of …

South Asian children are among the most severely malnourished worldwide. One prominent
hypothesis is that open defecation in the local area exposes children to human fecal …

Background If not managed properly, human faeces can cause various kinds of
communicable diseases, from viral and bacterial to protozoan. Hygienic and proper use of …