Nutrition Meets WASH Session at Stockholm World Water Week. Presentation delivered by Mr Baroka of India's Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.

1. SWACHH BHARAT MISSION - GRAMIN
Linking WASH and Nutrition to reduce
MalnutritionArun Baroka
Joint Secretary
arunbaroka@yahoo.co.in

2. INDIA’S JOURNEY – CLEAN
INDIA CAMPAIGN

3. THE BIG PICTURE: BEHAVIOR
CHANGEFocus Earlier
SBM
Focus
Behavior Change
Capacity
Construction

4. NUTRITION AND WASH ARE
INTEGRATED IN SBM
School Sanitation and
Hygiene Program
Toilets & Hand Wash
teaching in All Child
Care Centres
Health and Child Care
workers as
Community Mobilisers
and BCC agents

5. INSTITUTIONAL
ARRANGEMENTS OF
CONVERGENCE IN INDIABeing led by Prime Minister
National –Inter Ministerial Collaboration
State & District level Committees ensure coordinated action on
sanitation and nutrition
Village Sanitation, Health and Nutrition Day (VSHND) in all Villages
Targeted WASH programmes in areas of high nutrition need
Child Care workers in all villages to work on sanitation and Nutrition

6. MALNUTRITION HAS
DECLINED WITH INCREASING
WASH COVERAGE
52
50
48
38
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
1992-93 1998-99 2005-06 2014-15
Reduction in % Stunted children (NFHS)

7. WE CAN TOGETHER!