Presentations >> Sanitation

This is Sangita’s presentation at the release of "Changes in Open Defecation in Rural India: 2014-2018". She discusses the evidence from a 2018 rural sanitation survey. ...Read More..

Sangita and Payal's poster for the UNC Water and Health Conference 2014 shows that Muslims are more likely to have and use toilets in India and Bangladesh. If India were to have the same fraction of Muslims as Bangladesh, their...Read More..

Social distance, village conflict, and open defecation
- Topics: Sanitation, Social inequality
Payal's poster for the UNC Water and Health Conference 2014 shows that open defecation is more common in villages where social conflict is more likely....Read More..

Sanitation externalities, disease, and children’s anemia
- Topics: Child health, Sanitation
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
- Topics: Child health, Sanitation
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..

Confronting the challenge part 1: Latrine use in rural India
- Topics: Sanitation
This is Dean's presentation at the UNC Water and Health Conference 2014. He shows that India's sanitation challenge cannot be explained by income, poverty, access to water, education, or governance....Read More..

Confronting the challenge part 4: Qualitative interviews showing the importance of culture
- Topics: Sanitation
This is Diane's presentation at the UNC Water and Health Conference 2014. She presents findings from the Switching Study, a qualitative study, showing the importance of culture and notions of purity and pollution for sanitation behaviour....Read More..

Confronting the challenge part 3: Quantitative survey data suggesting the importance of culture
- Topics: Sanitation
This is Sangita's presentation at the UNC Water and Health Conference 2014. She uses quantitative survey data to show how cultural notions of purity and pollution may explain India's sanitation challenge....Read More..

Confronting the challenge part 2: It’s not about access
- Topics: Sanitation
This is Payal's presentation at the UNC Water and Health Conference 2014. She shows that India's sanitation challenge cannot be explained by poor access to latrines....Read More..

Open defecation and hemoglobin deficiency in young children
- Topics: Child health, Sanitation
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..