Mukesh Ranjan

What’s shit got to do with child health?

Open defecation plays a key role in solving the puzzle of persistent childhood malnutrition in India, says study

Posted on 02 Sep, 2019 06:35 PM

A pig snorts after emerging from the open drain that passes through a slum in the Digha area of south Patna. Small children crawl on the road nearby with slime dribbling from their nose.

Studies indicate that more children stunted in India than in sub-Saharan Africa (Image: MOSPI)

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