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. 2014 Aug 26;11(8):e1001710.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001710. eCollection 2014 Aug.

Scaling up rural sanitation in India

Clarissa Brocklehurst  1
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Scaling up rural sanitation in India

Clarissa Brocklehurst. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

Clarissa Brocklehurst discusses the study by Patil and colleagues on a sanitation program in India and highlights the challenges ahead to improve the situation for millions of people who still have no option but to practice open defecation. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary.

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The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

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