Impact assessment of India's Swachh Bharat Mission – Clean India Campaign on acute diarrheal disease outbreaks: Yes, there is a positive change

Background: Enough evidence exists to attribute the occurrence of diarrheal disease outbreaks due to open defecation practice and unsafe sanitation methods. Open defecation enables pathogens such as virus, bacteria, and protozoa to infect humans by means of fecal–oral transmission methods through co...

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Main Authors: Giribabu Dandabathula, Pankaj Bhardwaj, Mithilesh Burra, Peddineni V. V. Prasada Rao, Srinivasa S Rao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
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Online Access:http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2019;volume=8;issue=3;spage=1202;epage=1208;aulast=Dandabathula