Water, sanitation and hygiene
Strengthening sustainable WASH programming, India has made rapid progress in ending open defecation across the country, which significantly impacts improving water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). In 2015, nearly half of India’s population of around 568 million people suffered the indignity of defecating in fields, forests, bodies of water, or other public spaces due to a lack of access to…, Resources, The solution, Collaboration and convergence are a vital feature of the UNICEF Country Programme in India, where WASH is positioned as cross-cutting support contributing towards results in all aspects of a child’s survival, growth and development. The WASH programme is also positioned to prevent malnutrition and preventable diseases, reduce neonatal mortality,…