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The World Bank estimates
that India has 59% of the people in the world who practice open
defecation -- with 626 million, it has more than twice the number of the
next 18 countries combined. Open defecation and its contamination of
water have been linked to the stunted growth. Indian children are
shorter on average than children in Sub-Saharan Africa, even though
Indians have better income on average. The India paradox? A rich country
with poor health.
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