ArticleBMC public health2013
Estimating the child health equity potential of improved sanitation in Nepal.
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- Where to invest in neonatal survival programs in Nepal? A modelling study using Lives Saved Tool through scaling key interventions.PloS one · 2025Article
- Body mass index is a good predictor of metabolic abnormalities in polycystic ovary syndrome.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2024Article
- Geographic Inequalities in Accessing Improved Water and Sanitation Facilities in Nepal.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Geographical heterogeneity and inequality of access to improved drinking water supply and sanitation in Nepal.International journal for equity in health · 2018Article
- Diarrhea no more: does zinc help the poor? Evidence on the effectiveness of programmatic efforts to reach poorest in delivering zinc and ORS at scale in UP and Gujarat, India.Journal of global health · 2016Article
- Understanding determinants of inequality in sanitation improvement in rural china.Iranian journal of public health · 2014Article
- The impact and cost of scaling up midwifery and obstetrics in 58 low- and middle-income countries.PloS one · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundAccess to improved sanitation plays an important role in child health through its impact on diarrheal mortality and malnutrition. Inequities in sanitation coverage translate into health inequities across socio-economic groups. This paper presents the differential impact on child mortality and diarrheal incidence of expanding sanitation coverage across wealth quintiles in Nepal.
methodsWe modeled three scale up coverage scenarios at the national level and at each of the 5 wealth quintiles for improved sanitation in Nepal in the Lives Saved Tool (LiST): equal for all quintiles, realistically pro-poor and ambitiously pro-poor.
resultsThe results show that equal improvement in sanitation coverage can save a total of 226 lives (10.7% of expected diarrhea deaths), while a realistically pro-poor program can save 451 child lives (20.5%) and the ambitiously pro-poor program can save 542 lives (24.6%).
conclusionsPro-poor policies for expanding sanitation coverage have the ability to reduce population level health inequalities which can translate into reduced child diarrheal mortality.
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