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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Open-defecation"”.
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Exploring community-led total sanitation as a mechanism to eliminate open-defecation: A case study of Havana informal settlement in Windhoek, Namibia
… electricity as well as solid waste removal. Open-defecation is frequent in these places, and hygiene education is lacking. Like most countries in the third world, Namibia is faced with a sanitation crisis. The country has in the past adopted various methodologies to address the crisis, of …
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Factors influencing open defecation free status in areas practicing community led total sanitation: the case of Chiwala and Nkambo chifedoms of Masaiti district
… Total Sanitation approach with the aim of ending open defecation and to reduce sanitation related diseases in the rural parts of the country. About 74.2 percent of households in rural areas have no pit-latrines as a result most of them either use the surrounding bush or cultivating areas. …
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Factors influencing open defecation free status in areas practicing community led total sanitation: the case of Chiwala and Nkambo chifedoms of Masaiti district
… Total Sanitation approach with the aim of ending open defecation and to reduce sanitation related diseases in the rural parts of the country. About 74.2 percent of households in rural areas have no pit-latrines as a result most of them either use the surrounding bush or cultivating areas. …
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Exploring determinants of community led total sanitation (clts) on latrine adoption among rural cambodians utilizing the diffusion of innovation theory: a pragmatic approach
Open defecation is a global health problem in which 90% of the cases observed occur in rural settings among developing countries. Individuals exposed to open defecation may face higher risks of diarrheal diseases and health consequences. Basic sanitation facilities may mitigate adverse health …
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Sanitation Realities in Peri-Urban Communities: Unfreedoms, Capabilities and the Conscious Mind - A Case of Chennai, India
… 10 settlements visited, 5 habitually practiced open defecation, as no sanitation facilities were available. Hence some settlers were restricted in their freedom to be safe from emotional or physical harm: threatened by dangerous pathogens released into the environment, and insecurities due to …
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Investigation of I-WASH's community-led total sanitation and alternative decentralized sanitation models in rural Ghana
… switching the goal from latrine construction to Open Defecation Free (ODF) communities created by the use of Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS). The author observed that only 9% of the villages throughout the I-WASH project area had achieved ODF status as of January 2012; again validating the …
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Exploring Barriers and Strategies for Large-Scale Uptake of Climate-Resilient Sanitation: A Case Study of Enkanini, Stellenbosch Municipality
… units, bucket (containerised) systems, and open defecation, while alternative decentralised, low-flush, or waterless options such as portable flush toilets, pour-flush units, chemical toilets, and urine diversion toilets, remain underutilised. Key barriers identified include fragmented …
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Mining the gap : pathways towards an integrated water, sanitation and health framework for outbreak control in rural India
… Districts that already achieved 100% open-defecation-free status are identified as key entry points for potential pilot implementation of an integrated framework. National Informatics Center and Water and Sanitation Management Organization (WASMO) are considered key nodal points for …
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The Impact of Implementing the D-Washe programmes in Chanyanya Community-Kafue District, Zambia: What role has the National Water Policy(1994)played
… inadequate and many (27%) people opted to use open defecation (OD) to answer the call of nature. This has been seen as a source of contamination of unprotected surface water sources such as shallow wells. The poor sanitation situation can be attributed to the fact that, the use of latrines for …
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Critical assessment of right to safe water and sanitation in a South African informal settlement: a case study of Marikana, Cape Town
… are inadequate thus contributing to existing open defecation. The coverage of the water and sanitation facilities is not enough, therefore, compromising the right to access safe water and sanitation. The findings show evidence of non-operational water supply infrastructure. The uncleanliness …
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A socio-ecological systems perspective on planning for informality
… Yamuna is polluted by thousands of kilometers of open-access nullahs (stormwater drains) being used to dispose waste. This includes waste from ~250 jhuggi jhopdi clusters or JJCs (slums) along these nullahs, and JJC evictions have occurred on grounds of “nuisance”–defined by aesthetic cues like …
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Challenges and solutions towards reaching SDG6 in Malawi
… of SDG6’ is considered whereby the reduction of open defecation, through the proliferation of pit-latrines, has the potential to result in dramatic levels of groundwater contamination. In recognition of the impact of sanitation systems on water quality, the thesis then considers progress in …
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Development of Water and Wastewater Biofiltration Technologies for the Developing World using Locally Available Packing Media: Case Studies in Vietnam and Haiti
… to no sanitation facilities at all and practice open defecation (WHO, 2014). Thousands of small children still die every day from preventable diseases caused by inadequate sanitation (WHO, 2014). As global climate change is expected to exacerbate these issues, there is an urgent need for the …