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I noted that if Bihar, Jharkahand, and Orissa were their own country, they would have a population of 178 million, making them the 7th largest country in the world, between Pakistan and Nigeria. In this fictional country, 78% of households would defecate in the open. According to Unicef-WHO \", mdx(\"a\", {\n    parentName: \"li\",\n    \"href\": \"http://www.wssinfo.org/\",\n    \"target\": \"_blank\",\n    \"rel\": \"noopener noreferrer\"\n  }, \"Joint Monitoring Programme\"), \" figures, this is a larger fraction than in any county anywhere \\u2013 more than next competitors Chad, South Sudan, and Niger.\"), mdx(\"li\", {\n    parentName: \"ul\"\n  }, mdx(\"a\", {\n    parentName: \"li\",\n    \"href\": \"http://www.slideshare.net/aashishysg/ollie-stunting-sanitation-conference-oliver-cumming\",\n    \"target\": \"_blank\",\n    \"rel\": \"noopener noreferrer\"\n  }, \"Sanitation and nutrition are closely linked\"), \". 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