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For Sustained Cleanliness, Cities Need Tested Sanitation Solutions

Gautam Patel 19/04/2018

Project Sammaan is testing solutions to questions of affordability,...

Rotaviruses, each about 70 nm wide, in the faeces of an infected child as recorded by a transmisssion electron micrograph. Credit: Dr Graham Beards/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 Unported

Fight Against Rotavirus Boosted as Government Expands Rotavac Coverage

T.V. Venkateswaran and Jyoti Singh 29/11/2017

About 22% of all annual deaths worldwide due to...

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Photo Essay: Where There Are No Sewers – The Toilet Cleaners of Lucknow

C.S. Sharada Prasad and Isha Ray 19/11/2017

On this World Toilet Day, let's turn the spotlight...

Girls sit inside the Life Line Trust orphanage in Salem in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu on June 20, 2013. Credit: Mansi Thapliyal/Reuters

Decent Toilets for Women and Girls Vital for Gender Equality

Tim Wainwright 19/11/2017

Being denied access to safe, private toilets is particularly...

Children in Tuniahi Dakhinwari village of Madhepura. Poor nutrition leaves the children vulnerable to disease, susceptible to infections and diseases such as tuberculosis and cholera. Deprived of adequate nutrition in their formative early years, these children remain mentally and physically stunted for life.

Photo Essay: India’s Silent Emergency – Malnutrition

Abhijit Mohanty 17/10/2017

In rural Bihar, poor nutrition is caused by interrelated...

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India’s Unique Enigma of High Growth and Stunted Children

Awanish Kumar 22/09/2017

Diane Coffey and Dean Spears’ Where India Goes is...

A boy standing near a river channel in Saharsa district, Bihar. Credit: Ranjeet Kumar Sahani

Building (Only) Toilets Isn’t Always the Answer to Ending Open Defecation

Ranjeet Kumar Sahani 24/08/2017

In north Bihar's Kosi, groundwater is very close to...