Sustainability of facilities built under the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) implementation: Moving from basic to safe facilities on the sanitation ladder.

ABSTRACT: In the context of monitoring progress towards SDG target 6.2, a household is counted to have access to sanitation if it uses at least basic sanitation services. Several approaches have been employed to help rural communities to climb up the sanitation ladder such as Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS), whose primary target is to end open defecation through behavior change. CLTS does not subsidize sanitation facilities, but let households build their own facilities. The types and sustainability of facilities when construction is entrusted to households without guidelines remain understudied. The contribution of CLTS in achieving SDG6.2 also have not been studied. This paper addresses these gaps. Conducted in the province of Sissili in Burkina Faso, our study involved interviewing CLTS imp

SUBMITTER: Kouassi HAA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10653469 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature