Cleaner city and better health in Kathmandu : community solidarity helps to solve environmental and health problems
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2003-04
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IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA
Abstract
An entrenched system of social organization, environmental degradation, and
poverty have conspired to create a public health crisis in Kathmandu. Waterborne
and helminthic diseases are rampant, as are respiratory and digestive illnesses.
But the situation is improving dramatically for the city’s poor, thanks to a unique
collaboration between Nepalese and Canadian researchers and the work of a local
nongovernmental organization.
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French version available in IDRC Digital Library: Améliorer l'hygiène et la santé à Katmandou : la solidarité communautaire est mise à contribution
Spanish version available in IDRC Digital Library: Katmandú : una ciudad más limpia y saludable; la comunidad ayuda a solucionar problemas ambientales y sanitarios
Spanish version available in IDRC Digital Library: Katmandú : una ciudad más limpia y saludable; la comunidad ayuda a solucionar problemas ambientales y sanitarios
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NEPAL--KATHMANDU, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, URBAN ENVIRONMENT, URBAN POVERTY, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, WATER POLLUTION, ZOONOTIC DISEASES