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sanitation

  • Women in rural India get little time and space to bathe – and it's taking a toll on their health

    Women in rural India get little time and space to bathe – and it's taking a toll on their health

    Meghna Mukherjee
    · Feb 11, 2017 · 02:30 pm
  • Two years on, there has been little movement on a key goal of Swachh Bharat – ending open defecation

    Two years on, there has been little movement on a key goal of Swachh Bharat – ending open defecation

    Sangita Vyas
    · Oct 08, 2016 · 06:00 am
  • Residents of Bangladesh's wetlands are using floating toilets to end open defecation

    Residents of Bangladesh's wetlands are using floating toilets to end open defecation

    Pinaki Roy
    · Oct 01, 2016 · 09:30 pm
  • IIT researchers are using nanotechnology to make better and healthier sanitary napkins

    IIT researchers are using nanotechnology to make better and healthier sanitary napkins

    Suneera Tandon, qz.com
    · Sep 28, 2016 · 07:41 pm
  • More Sanitation, Literacy = Fewer Anaemic, Pregnant Women

    More Sanitation, Literacy = Fewer Anaemic, Pregnant Women

    Charlie Moloney, Indiaspend.com
    · Sep 22, 2016 · 05:45 am
  • The Swachh Bharat Mission may just trip up Bihar’s fledgling ecological sanitation movement

    The Swachh Bharat Mission may just trip up Bihar’s fledgling ecological sanitation movement

    Nidhi Jamwal, IndiaSpend.com
    · Aug 09, 2016 · 06:30 pm
  • At least 7,000 girls do not have proper toilet facilities in Haryana schools, reveals study

    At least 7,000 girls do not have proper toilet facilities in Haryana schools, reveals study

    Scroll Staff
    · Jun 25, 2016 · 03:37 pm
  • Swachh Bharat’s urban-toilet plan is running 76% behind schedule

    Swachh Bharat’s urban-toilet plan is running 76% behind schedule

    Prachi Salve, IndiaSpend.com
    · Apr 29, 2016 · 08:30 pm
  • Open defecation ends in Bangladesh – almost

    Open defecation ends in Bangladesh – almost

    Rafiqul Islam
    · Mar 04, 2016 · 08:30 pm
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