Review of Impact of Sanitation on Children in India

Abstract

An improved sanitation facility is one that hygienically separates human excreta from human contact. Improved sanitation facilities are used by less than two thirds of the world population. The global picture masks great disparities between regions. Virtually the entire population of the developed regions uses improved facilities, but in developing regions only around half the population uses improved sanitation. The purpose of the study was to review the relevant literature of sanitation and hygiene regarding and its impact on children and environment and explore ways to improve the condition of sanitation in India. The aim of the study was to explain the standard concerns regarding sanitation and hygiene in world also as providing people with practical suggestions to enhance hygiene and sanitation. The findings suggest that there are seven sanitation and hygiene concern that people experience: Toileting, water, poverty, problems caused by poor sanitation, communicable diseases, insecurity and gender inequality. Authorities got to promote hygiene and sanitation practices by advocating, educating, campaigning and participating in designing community projects that affect sanitation and hygiene. The success of sanitation investments cannot be measured only in terms of physical outputs such as the number of toilets built or kilometers of sewer laid. Instead, the focus of attention should be on outcomes, primarily the use and maintenance of those facilities.