How clean is my country?
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• There is a direct link between sanitation and infant mortality. Take Afghanistan. Here, 87 per cent and 88 per cent of the population lack access to improved water supply and sanitation respectively. This translates into deaths of 48,000 children per annum
• In Rwanda 92 per cent of excrement is not disposed off safely. This is followed by Afghanistan and Ethiopia at 88 per cent
• Among the surveyed countries, Bangladesh has the highest population density of 1,019 people per square kilometre (sq km). Mongolia has the least at 2 people per sq km
• 519,500 Indian children die annually due to lack of sanitation and poor hygiene. The under-five mortality rate is 93.
• Out of the 100 countries studied, Sierra Leone has the highest under-five infant mortality rate at 316, followed by Afghanistan at 257
• In both Afghanistan and Ethiopia , 88 per cent of excrement is not disposed of safely. India ns generate101.4 milion metric tonnes of excrement per annum and 72 per cent isn’t disposed of.
Source: Anon 2004, Listening, Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, Switzerland.
• In Rwanda 92 per cent of excrement is not disposed off safely. This is followed by Afghanistan and Ethiopia at 88 per cent
• Among the surveyed countries, Bangladesh has the highest population density of 1,019 people per square kilometre (sq km). Mongolia has the least at 2 people per sq km
• 519,500 Indian children die annually due to lack of sanitation and poor hygiene. The under-five mortality rate is 93.
• Out of the 100 countries studied, Sierra Leone has the highest under-five infant mortality rate at 316, followed by Afghanistan at 257
• In both Afghanistan and Ethiopia , 88 per cent of excrement is not disposed of safely. India ns generate101.4 milion metric tonnes of excrement per annum and 72 per cent isn’t disposed of.
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Source: Anon 2004, Listening, Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, Switzerland.
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