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PROMOTING ECOLOGICAL SANITATION IN A RURAL VILLAGE OF NEPAL

Yaba Laxmi Shrestha et al

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MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION<br />

• 97% of the families access to drinking water from ground water source but it is<br />

unsafe<br />

• Toilet coverage in the community is 41 %.<br />

• Rest of people, 88% defecate nearby forest and another 12% use open field.<br />

• 60% of households used soap for washing hands and rest by only water or ash<br />

after defecation.<br />

• Most common diseases - diarrhea/dysentery, Typhoid, skin diseases , Jaundice,<br />

cholera etc. related to unsafe drinking water and poor sanitation

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