200506 National Family Health Survey NFHS3

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2005-06 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3)

• Environmental Health

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Contents

• Sources of Drinking Water
• Toilet Facilities
• Disposal of Childrens Stools
• Type of Fuel Used for Cooking
• Residential Crowding

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Percentage of HH by Improved Source of Drinking
Water
According to WHO/UNICEF an improved source of
drinking water includes water piped into
dwelling/yard/plot, water available from public
tap or stand pipe or a tube well or borehole, or
a protected well or spring
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Percentage of HH by Source of Drinking Water
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Time to Obtain Drinking Water
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Toilet Facility by Residence
RURAL
URBAN
Improved toilet facilities include toilet
facilities with a flush, or a pour flush that is
connected to a sewer system, septic tank or pit
latrine, a ventilated improved pit (VIP) latrine,
a bio gas latrine, a pit latrine with slab and
twin pit, composting toilet.
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Percent of HH Having no Toilet Facilities
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Manner of Disposal of Childs Stools
Note Percent adds to more than 100 due to
rounding
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Proportion of HH by Type of Fuel
NFHS-2
NFHS-1
NFHS-3
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Persons Per Room Used for Sleeping
NFHS-1
NFHS-2
NFHS-3
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How realistic is it that water and sanitation
related MGD goals will be met?

• Access to an improved water source Given the
  progress in the past one and a half decades,
  there is an excellent possibility that this
  target will be met.
• However, increasing access to improved sanitation
  needs an urgent programmatic response.
• Needed are area specific strategies in different
  states with innovative messages focusing on
  adverse health implications of unsafe ways of
  disposing childrens stools and importance of
  cooking under a chimney.

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• Thank You!