01136nas a2200193   4500000000100000008004100001260006800042653000900110653003800119653001500157653001000172100001400182700001300196700001500209700001500224245012700239856009500366520048100461       2016                            d  bInternational Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie)aNew Delhi10aWASH10aSoil-Transmitted Helminths (STHs)10aPrevention10aIndia1 aCumming O1 aEnsink J1 aFreeman MC1 aJenkins MW00aEffectiveness of a rural sanitation programme on diarrhoea, soil-transmitted helminth infection and malnutrition in India.  uhttp://www.3ieimpact.org/media/filer_public/2016/08/17/ie38-rural-sanitation-programme.pdf3 a<p>A third of the 2.5 billion people worldwide without access to improved sanitation live in India, as do two-thirds of the 1.1 billion practising open defecation and a quarter of the 1.5 million who die annually from diarrhoeal diseases. We aimed to assess the effectiveness of a rural sanitation intervention, within the context of the Government of India’s Total Sanitation Campaign, to prevent diarrhoea, soil-transmitted helminth infection and child malnutrition.</p>