Open defecation is a major global health problem. The number of open defecators in India
dwarfs that of other states, and most live in rural places. Open defecation is often …

Abstract About 20 Million (73%) people in Nepal still do not have access to safely managed
drinking water service and 22 million (79%) do not treat their drinking water before …

This article considers the little studied role of local implementation staff and their institutional
operational environment at the grassroots of a rural development intervention in Nepal. The …

This study scrutinizes the institutional realities of water project implementation in remote,
rural Nepal. It demonstrates that both sound institutional design and local bricolage …

Nepali people are one of the ethnic minority immigrants of Hong Kong. This epidemiological
investigation aims to determine and compare the knowledge level and hand hygiene (HH) …

Can a tap, a squat toilet, or an improved cooking stove–all simple rural technologies–make
a contribution to achieving human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) …

Water is the source of life and death. In order to address growing water crises, urban areas
in most countries draw additional water from the surrounding rural areas. Although rural to …

Objective: Goal 6.2 of the SDGs emphasizes the importance of safe sanitation and ending
open defecation in promoting health and well-being. This study analyzes health …

Community-Led Total Sanitation is a sanitation behaviour change approach aimed at
stopping open defecation. It compels communities to sustainably construct latrines, use them …

Nepal has been using the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach since 2003/04.
However, success has been varied. In some cases, the emphasis has slipped back to …