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Little women, stunted children: Inter-generational consequences of women’s status in India

r.i.c.e., on March 4th, 2015

Presentation by Diane Coffey, on maternal health in India and elsewhere, and the impact of women's status on maternal and child nutrition and well-being. Venue: Tufts University, October 2014....Read More..

Sanitation externalities, disease, and children’s anemia

Diane Coffey, on December 3rd, 2014

Diane's poster for the UNC Water and Health Conference 2014 shows the association between sanitation externalities and child hemoglobin....Read More..

Resolving the Muslim mortality paradox

Dean Spears, on December 3rd, 2014

Dean's poster for the UNC Water and Health Conference 2014 shows how exposure to open defecation can explain why infant mortality among Muslims in India is lower than Hindus....Read More..

Open defecation and hemoglobin deficiency in young children

Diane Coffey, on August 3rd, 2013

This is Diane's presentation at the Sanitation and Stunting Conference at the Delhi School of Economics. The presentation explores open defecation as a cause of hemoglobin deficiency in children....Read More..