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san·i·ta·tion

(san'i-tā'shŭn),

Use of measures designed to promote health and prevent disease; development and establishment of conditions in the environment favorable to health.

[L. sanitas, health]

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sanitation

(săn′ĭ-tā′shən)

1. The study and application of procedures and measures designed to protect public health, as in the provision of clean water and the disposal of sewage and waste.

2. The disposal of sewage and waste.

san·i·ta·tion

(san'i-tā'shŭn)

Use of measures designed to promote health and prevent disease; development and establishment of conditions in the environment favorable to health.

[L. sanitas, health]

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

sanitation

Measures concerned with the protection or promotion of public health, especially those relating to the disposal of sewage.

Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

Sanitation

The process of keeping drinking water, foods, or any anything else with which people come into contact free of microorganisms such as viruses.

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san·i·ta·tion

(san'i-tā'shŭn)

Use of measures designed to promote health and prevent disease; development and establishment of conditions in the environment favorable to health.

[L. sanitas, health]

Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012

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Kenya aims to achieve 100 per cent access to basic safe water supply and 100 per cent access to basic sanitation by the year 2030.

Focus on vulnerable groups to achieve sanitation for all - WHO

To ensure the successful implementation, the KMA entered into partnership with a number of private sector actors and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) into sanitation management, including Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP), the Clean Team, Vacuum Tanker Operators Association, Snapi Abba Savings and Loans, and the Regional Water and Environmental Sanitation Center of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

KMA wins APS400,000 Sanitation Challenge prize

South Sudan reportedly plans to start implementing the project to improve water supply and sanitation before the end of this year.

AfDB approves $24m for water and sanitation in S. Sudan

It was decided to devise a uniform system that is compatible with modern needs for PMER at all sanitation companies in KP to properly utilize manpower and financial resources.

Seven sanitation companies decide to set up joint body

He directed zonal managers of zones to ensure screening of vaccination of each and every sanitation staffer in their zones.

WSSP screens, vaccinates staff

Executive engineer of the public health department in Sherpur M Jamal Hossain said sanitation coverage has been completed in 92 percent area under pourasabhas while it is 87.5 percent at rural level.

Sanitation coverage among ethnic groups improves

He said that the sanitation vanguards were engaged primarily to carry out a house-to-house sanitary inspection to ensure that houses or compounds were made clean and sanitation maintained.

Kano Engages 4,902 People As Sanitary Inspectors a Official

Ideally, a formula should be devised and used for the distribution of water and sanitation funds at district and divisional levels and planning should be done for at least a three-year period, with rolling investment plans.

Lack of safe water, sanitation costing Pakistanis Rs1.25tr

"Sanitation is a fundamental foundation of human health and development and underpins the core mission of WHO and ministries of health worldwide," she added.

WHO: 4.5 billion people worldwide deprived of proper sanitation

The full sanitation system should be undergo local health risk assessments to protect individuals and communities from exposure to excreta - whether this be from unsafe toilets, leaking storage or inadequate treatment.

Countries can reduce 829, 000 annual diarrhoeal deaths by adopting new guidelines: WHO

Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, the Swachh Bharat Mission (Clean India Programme) is coordinating action across many sectors to ensure basic sanitation rapidly reaches and improves the lives of millions, the WHO said in a statement.