Open defecation in high-population-density areas, which are common across India, leads to intestinal diseases, parasites, and diarrhea, and particularly diminishes the life chances of children. The ...

The Swachh Bharat Mission has significantly impacted public health, with WHO noting the saving of 300,000 children's lives.

Today open defecation is on the decline worldwide ... In 2016, 39 percent of Indian children under age five were stunted. The Swachh Bharat mission offers each household about $190 to construct ...

The government's Swachh Bharat Mission has helped save lives of three lakh children in the country according to a WHO report, ...

"I am moved by the fact that a child dies every 2 and a half minutes from diseases linked to open defecation. Those are silent deaths – not reported on in the media, not the subject of public ...

Those countries where open defecation is most widely practised have the highest numbers of deaths of children under the ... defecation live in rural areas. India continues to be the country ...

The government’s Swachh Bharat Mission has helped save lives of three lakh children in the country according to a WHO report, Jal Shakti Minister C R Patil informed the Rajya Sabha on Monday. He said ...