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Chiengi District, Zambia Open Defecation Free After 1 Year of Community-Led Total Sanitation

2016; American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene; Volume: 95; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4269/ajtmh.16-0210

ISSN

1476-1645

Autores

Rabson Zimba, Benjamin Winters, Nicolas Osbert, Amy Tiwari, Cade Chikobo, David A. Larsen, Philippa Crooks, Sarah Muleya, Vernon Ngulube, Alexandra Hoehne, Abel Manangi, Leonard Mukosha, Chinyama Lukama,

Tópico(s)

Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

Resumo

Nearly one quarter of Zambians lack access to sanitation facilities. In rural communities, the government of Zambia adopted community-led total sanitation (CLTS) to address this problem. One year after the implementation of a mobile-to-web monitored CLTS intervention, Chiengi District, Zambia, was verified as open defecation free with complete 100% coverage of household-level latrines. Chiefs and traditional leaders led the achievement. Impacts on individual health are yet to be measured in a robust way.

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