Sanitation and Stunting in India: Undernutrition's Blind Spot
Published By: Economic & Political Weekly | Published Date: June, 22 , 2013The 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 faecally-transmitted infections, not just the diarrhoeas, has been a blind spot. In hygienic conditions much of the undernutrition in India would disappear.
Author(s): Gregor von Medeazza, Robert Chambers | Posted on: Oct 15, 2014 | Views(373)