Interlacing water and human health : case studies from South Asia / editors Anjal Prakash, V.S. Saravanan, Jayati Chourey.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Interlacing water and human health in South Asia : the problâematique / Anjal Prakash, Saravanan V.S. and Jayati Chourey -- Good evidences, bad linkages : a review of water and health in South Asia / Jayati Chourey and Anjal Prakash -- Water, health and poverty in South Asia : examining the interface in India / Amita Shah and Sahitha O.G. -- Madhay Pradesh's complex challenges : undernutrition and infectious diseases / Biraj Swain -- Inequalities in access to safe drinking water, sanitation and childhood undernutrition in India / William Joe and Udaya Shankar Mishra -- Access to safe water and health : mortality, morbidity and malnutrition in Nepal / Annette L. Fitzpatrick, Meera Kansakar, Jason Soh, Pam Elardo, Kevin C. Fitzpatrick and Dibya R. Kansakar -- Disease burden linked to incomplete water and sanitation coverage in Orissa, India / Aidan A. Cronin and Srihari Dutta -- Arsenic contamination, toxicity and health effects : cases from India and Bangladesh / Nalini Sankararamakrishnan and Leela Iyengar -- Arsenic pollution and reproductive health : a case study of Murshidabad District in West Bengal / Mohua Guha and Kamla Gupta -- Water quality and human health in Mewat : challenges and innovative solutions / Lalit Mohan Sharma, Aravinda Satyavada and Archana Chowdhury -- Waterwaster use in vegetable production and its health impacts : a case of Faisalabad, Pakistan / Abedullah, Shazad Kouser and Faisal Abbas -- Role of farmers in protecting groundwater in lower Bhavani River Basin of Tamil Nadu, India / Sacchidananda Mukherjee -- Industrial water pollution and health implications : emerging issues from Tiruppur, textile town of South India / Prakash Nelliyat -- Impact of mining on water and human health : a case study of Baitarani River ecosystem in Orissa / SAarmistha Pattanaik -- Wastewater in Sri Lanka : implications on human health / Mohamed Mujithaba Mohamed Najim and Indika Harshani Rajapakshe -- Neglected frontiers : peri-urban water use and human health in the National Capital Region, India / Vishal Narain -- Results of unplanned programmes : drinking water and sanitation system in Bhaktapur, Nepal / Prachanda Pradhan -- Inter-relation between water, health and livelihood in disasters / Papreen Nahar, Fariba Alamgir, Andrew E. Collins, Nibedita Ray-Bennett and Abbas Bhuiya -- Health disasters : tsunami-induced public health crisis in India / Nibanupudi Hari Krishna and Parnasri Ray Choudhury.