PROMOTING ECOLOGICAL SANITATION IN A RURAL VILLAGE OF NEPAL
Yaba Laxmi Shrestha et al
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