Impact on health and health costs due to improved access to safe water, improved sanitation, safe hygiene practices and reduced indoor air pollution: a case study from Nepal
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Authors
Shirish Singh
Binaya Raj Shrestha
Dev Dutta Bhatta
Issue Date
2013-10
Type
Language
en
Keywords
Water and Sanitation
Alternative Title
Abstract
The top two killer diseases in the low-income countries is due to exposed risks of Indoor Air Pollution (IAP) and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH). Strengthening Water Sanitation and Hygiene Treasuring Health (SWASHTHA) adopted an integrated approach to reduce the health risks due to IAP and WASH. A combination of three approaches - Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), Household Centred Environmental Sanitation (HCES) and School Led Total Sanitation (SLTS) was applied for sustainable promotion of IAP and WASH interventions. A Health Impact Study conducted by the project revealed that there was (i) 22.5% reduction in the incidence of water borne diseases, (ii) 82.2% decrease in incidence of Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) and eye related diseases and (iii) 94% reduction in the health costs.
Description
Conference paper based on the SWASHTHA project, given at the SacoSan V conference in Nepal, 2013
Citation
Publisher
Practical Action
License
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