Childhood diarrhoea is a major cause of illness and death in Nepal. It is very strongly related to the adequacy of supply of clean water, hygiene practices and sanitation provision. The Nepal Multiple Indicator Surveillance scheme, which began in 1994,1,2, provides a framework to study the incidence and severity of diarrhoea in children and the risk factors associated, particularly water supply and sanitation arrangements. This can guide interventions with water and sanitation at household, community, district and national level, permitting bench-marking of impact through changing diarrhoea rates. There are several types of action, some involving high investment hardware, others requiring changes of hygiene practice at household level. Not all of these have the same impact, nor do they all work at the same time. This cycle provides the strategic information for planning water, sanitation and hygiene interventions. Nepal’s National Plan of Action (NPA) for Children and Development for the 1990's3 sets goals related to childhood diarrhoea mortality, knowledge and use of oral rehydration therapy (ORT), water supply and latrine coverage. The indicators from this cycle of the NMIS can be compared with the goals in the NPA. The goals are shown in Table 2. The comparison is summarised in Figure 1.
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Publisher:
UNICEF, HMG NEPAL, THE NATIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION SECRETARIAT
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Type / Script:
Progress Report
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Keywords:
DIARRHOEAL DISEASES, WATER, SANITATION, WATER-RELATED DISEASES, WATER SUPPLY, WATER QUALITY, DISEASES, WATER RESOURCES, DRINKING WATER, ORAL REHYDRATION, CHILD HEALTH, MALNUTRITION, MEDICAL TREATMENT, LATRINES, SEWERAGE
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Thematic Group:
UNICEF
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Children Fund
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Thesaurus:
10.03.02
- Diseases And Carriers Of Diseases
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