Health and environmental sanitation in India: Issues for prioritizing control strategies

Ganesh S. Kumar; Sitanshu Sekhar Kar; Animesh Jain

doi:10.4103/0019-5278.93196

Health and environmental sanitation in India: Issues for prioritizing control strategies

Ganesh S. Kumar^*
, Sitanshu Sekhar Kar
, Animesh Jain

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Environmental sanitation is a major public health issue in India. Recent interventional studies on environmental sanitation in India highlighted the importance of prioritizing control strategies. Research related to the appropriate cost-effective intervention strategies and their implementation in Indian context is a big challenge. This paper discusses various intervention strategies related to environmental sanitation in India and emphasizes to prioritize it according to the need of country.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	93-96
Number of pages	4
Journal	Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Volume	15
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4103/0019-5278.93196
Publication status	Published - 01-09-2011

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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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