Evaluation of SaTo pans as a new latrine technology in Kisumu County healthcare facilities, Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Innovations to improve public sanitation facilities, especially in healthcare facilities (HCFs) in low-income countries, are limited. SaTo pans represent novel, largely untested, modifications to reduce odour and flies and improve acceptability of HCF sanitation facilities. We conducted a pilot project to evaluate acceptability, cleanliness, flies and odour within latrines in 37 HCFs in Kisumu, Kenya, randomised into intervention (SaTo pan modifications) and control arms by sub-county and HCF level.

Methods

At baseline (pre-intervention) and endline (>3 months after completion of SaTo pan installations in latrines in intervention HCFs), we surveyed users, cleaners and in-charges, observed odour and cleanliness, and assessed flies using fly tape. Unadjusted differe

SUBMITTER: Prentice-Mott G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10886420 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature