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Flush Forward | Checks & Balances
From Toilet Construction to Behavioural Change: Sustaining Swachh Bharat’s Gains
India’s sanitation journey over the past decade represents a historic public health transformation. Beginning with decades of slow progress through early programmes like the Central Rural Sanitation Programme and Total Sanitation Campaign, India saw a dramatic acceleration with the launch of the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) in 2014. The combined scale, speed, and political commitment of this initiative stand unprecedented in global sanitation history. However, despite significant coverage, infrastructure alone does not guarantee consistent usage........
Insights from:
Prabhu Pingali - Professor of Applied Economics, Cornell University, Director, Tata Cornell Institute
Goutam Sadhu - Professor and Public Health Researcher, IIHMR University, Jaipur
VK Madhavan - Independent Development Consultant
Sujoy Mojumdar - Senior Water and Sanitation Specialist, UNICEF India
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