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

Type Journal Article - The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Title Chiengi District, Zambia Open Defecation Free after 1 Year of Community-Led Total Sanitation
Author(s)
Volume 95
Issue 4
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2016
Page numbers 925-927
URL http://europepmc.org/articles/pmc5062802
Abstract
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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