In my previous blog,
I described the prevalence and predicaments of open defecation (OD) in India. For
my PhD thesis, I am working with GDS to make villages open defecation free
(ODF) by investing in construction of toilets as well as bringing about a
behavior change and …
On the 4th of July, I traveled to the Maharajganj
District of Eastern Uttar Pradesh with three other TCI colleagues to study
market diversity in the Pharenda Block. Our objective was to observe the
variety of foods available in four markets and then convert this information
into quantitative data …
Every year, 188,000 children under five in India die due to diarrhea-related illnesses. This catastrophic burden on children’s health is largely due to the fact that over a third of the Indian population defecates in the open. Open defecation (OD) also has strong …
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