it. These diseases can be prevented by adopting cleanliness.

Developing and making healthy habits is a huge task. The government has also raised
funds for advertising and this is a big challenge. Although we have achieved our goals, it
is a big task to maintain the same spirit among the people.
No one solution to address sanitation challenge in India, but behavioural change based on
empirical data is the key, says National Consultation on Sustainable Rural Sanitation
organised by CSE

Behavioural change happens when connection to health is made, but there is no

mechanism to track the health impacts of sanitation

Some of the common diseases like Diarrhea, Pneumonia are caused by unhealthy habits
and every year more than 1000 children die because of it. These diseases can be
prevented by adopting cleanliness.

Developing and making healthy habits is a huge task. The government has also raised
funds for advertising and this is a big challenge. Although we have achieved our goals, it
is a big task to maintain the same spirit among the people.
No one solution to address sanitation challenge in India, but behavioural change based on
empirical data is the key, says National Consultation on Sustainable Rural Sanitation
organised by CSE

Behavioural change happens when connection to health is made, but there is no

mechanism to track the health impacts of sanitation

There is an urgent imperative to gather simple, measurable and credible on-ground data
Sikkim has achieved 100 per cent sanitation coverage through a combination of positive
and negative pressure

CSE is setting up India’s first faecal sludge laboratory to test technologies for their
effectiveness