@misc{29145, keywords = {WASH, Soil-Transmitted Helminths (STHs), Prevention, India}, author = {Cumming O and Ensink J and Freeman MC and Jenkins MW}, title = {Effectiveness of a rural sanitation programme on diarrhoea, soil-transmitted helminth infection and malnutrition in India.}, abstract = {

A third of the 2.5 billion people worldwide without access to improved sanitation live in India, as do two-thirds of the 1.1 billion practising open defecation and a quarter of the 1.5 million who die annually from diarrhoeal diseases. We aimed to assess the effectiveness of a rural sanitation intervention, within the context of the Government of India’s Total Sanitation Campaign, to prevent diarrhoea, soil-transmitted helminth infection and child malnutrition.

}, year = {2016}, journal = {Impact Evaluation Report 38}, publisher = {International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie)}, address = {New Delhi}, url = {http://www.3ieimpact.org/media/filer_public/2016/08/17/ie38-rural-sanitation-programme.pdf}, language = {eng}, }