Community-Led Total Sanitation in Rural Areas

Community-Led Total Sanitation in Rural Areas

Final report: Impact evaluation of community-led total sanitation (CLTS) in rural Mali

Maria Laura Alzua, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina (Principal Investigator) Amy Janel Pickering, Stanford University, USA Habiba Djebbari, Aix-Marseille University, France Carolina Lopez, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina Juan Camilo Cardenas, University of the Andes, Colombia Maria Adelaida Lopera, Université Laval, Canada Nicolas Osbert, UNICEF Massa Coul...

Health impact caused by poor water and sanitation in district Abbottabad.

BACKGROUND Large proportions of people still do not have excess to safe drinking water and proper sanitation. METHODS Qualitative and quantitative approaches were used to assess the health impacts. Random households were selected. Information was collected from questionnaire through interview schedule method, group discussion and observation checklist. RESULTS People rated water and sanitat...

The location analysis of rural waste sanitary Case: Vill of Qaleh Dareh-C in Makoo County

Environmental protection is being considered as one of the main dimensions of sustainable development. It is argued that other aspects of development directly and indirectly are associated with this issue. The major domains of Iran’s resources are located in rural areas. Thus preservation of these resources is the prime responsibility of rural settlements. Appropriate management and location of...

Analysis of behavioral change techniques in community-led total sanitation programs.

The lack of sanitation facilitates the spread of diarrheal diseases-a leading cause of child deaths worldwide. As of 2012, an estimated 1 billion people still practiced open defecation (OD). To address this issue, one behavioral change approach used is community-led total sanitation (CLTS). It is now applied in an estimated 66 countries worldwide, and many countries have adopted this approach a...