Bhabani S. Das

Bhabani S. Das
Healthy soil critical to human health and for achieving SDGs
Soil research must focus both on technology development and implementation Posted on 16 Dec, 2022 11:46 AM

Although India attained self-sufficiency in food production, realising zero hunger, good health, and no poverty remains a challenge.

The ability of soils to support soil functions or services is decreasing (Image: Katrin Park/International Food Policy Research Institute)
Does poor sanitation behaviour adversely affect pregnancy?
670 pregnant women from coastal and inland Odisha were interviewed to examine the relationship between maternal sanitation behaviour and adverse pregnancy outcomes. The results confirm the hypothesis. Posted on 29 Jul, 2015 12:12 PM

A number of studies have linked water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions to improvements in health outcomes such as diarrhoeal diseases, helminth (parasitic worm) infections and childhood stunting.

The connection between sanitation and pregnancy outcomes
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