A study by the Praja Foundation estimated that 77% of residents lived in slums and other informal housing in 2018.

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More than 1.7 million children under the age of 5 die each year due to the effects of living in polluted environments, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In a report released Monday, ...

Children in India are exceptionally short, with their stunted growth historically attributed to malnutrition. However, new evidence is suggesting that food, or lack of it, is not the cause. Noticing ...

Experts are investigating a better way of measuring the number of people exposed to the health risks of poorly-managed sanitation systems - and it will help reveal whether the world is on track to ...

Refugee health is often discussed in terms of crises such as disease outbreaks, malnutrition and psychological distress. But ...

World Water Day, to be marked March 20, focuses this International Sanitation Year on the 2.6 billion people with inadequate access to toilets. UN estimates show that achieving its sanitation goal, ...

While schools are meant to nurture the nation’s future, hundreds of children are still studying in classrooms without access to proper toilets. Despite ...

DURBAN, South Africa — Arguably the most elegant aspect of an inelegant subject is how this city of 3.2 million residents, South Africa’s second largest, is solving monumental water and waste ...