Notes on Early Sanitation in India

Notes on Sanitation in Barracks and on the March in India

By Surgn.-Majok a. M. Davies, a.m.s., Late Assistant Professor of Hygiene, Army Medical School. I HAVE put together the following notes on sanitary matters connected with the medical charge of British troops, in cantonments and on the march, thinking they may be of some use to young medical officers who have recently arrived in this country. Having for some years had my attention especially dir...

Toilet in Transportation Vehicles: A Topic for Consideration on Travel Sanitation in Travel Medicine

Sanitation in Maharashtra: A Policy Note Parliamentarians' Group for Children (PGC) Pune Consultation on Sanitation: Engaging Local Legislators

India Facts and figures qEffects of Poor Sanitation Urban India and Rural India qCentral Policies on Sanitation Best Practice Models qOpen Defecation and Sanitation in School Maharashtra scenario qWater supply and access to water resources Initiatives by the Maharashtra Government qChallenges and loopholes Recommendations qAction Points Indian situation: India has a serious sanitation challenge...

Village sanitation and child health: Effects and external validity in a randomized field experiment in rural India

Over a billion people worldwide defecate in the open, with important consequences for early-life health and human capital accumulation in developing countries. We report a cluster randomized controlled trial of a village sanitation intervention conducted in rural Maharashtra, India designed to identify an effect of village sanitation on average child height, an outcome of increasing importance ...

Nutrient Recovery Systems for Human Urine - Ways to Realize Closed Loop Sanitation and Future Sustainable Agricultural Systems

This paper provides an overview on the concept of closed loop sanitation systems. A brief outline has been given on existing sanitation facilities in India, ways to implement ecological sanitation and retrofitting of nutrient recovery systems into existing sanitation facilities. In recent times, though India has witnessed phenomenal development in water resources, access to adequate sanitation ...