sanitation

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Health involves the interplay of a multitude of vital factors such as sanitation, access to clean water and adequate nutrition, and education.

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  1. noun Formulation and application of measures designed to protect public health.
  2. noun Disposal of sewage.

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  • It keeps back self-government and the progress of man And the tropics cry out for sanitation, which is at first an essentially military task. —  The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I
  • Health involves the interplay of a multitude of vital factors such as sanitation, access to clean water and adequate nutrition, and education. —  Progressive U - The new media voice for students
  • The lack of clean water and proper sanitation are also major concerns in IDP camps, which are high security zones accessible only by the ICRC and some agencies of the UN to mask them from public scrutiny. —  groundviews
  • Some Mexican farms and processing plants have high standards of sanitation -- and get private companies to certify those standards -- so they can sell to U.S. supermarket chains that wouldn't buy from uncertified ones. —  CNSNews.com Headlines
  • A similar lack of attention to the details on this question of health and sanitation was also in evidence after the rally of sorts in Woodford Square in Port of Spain on Friday. —  TrinidadExpress Today's News
 

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/sænɪˈteɪʃən/
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