| dc.description.abstract | The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) relating to sanitation also
involve conservation of the environment, improvement in quality of
education, promotion/advancement of gender equality, elimination of
child mortality and reduction of poverty. Globally, 2.3 billion people
lack access to improved sanitation facilities (WHO 2014). Of these,
600 million people use improved, but shared latrines (Ibid). While the
national average sanitation in Uganda is at 70 per cent, the extent towhich latrines produce intended health benefits depends on how they
are used, cleaned and maintained (Kwiringira, Atekyereza, Niwagaba and
Günther 2014a; Kwiringira, Atekyereza, Niwagaba, and Günther 2014b;
Kwiringira, Atekyereza, Niwagaba, Kabumbuli, Rwabukwali, Kulabako
and Günther 2016; Kwiringira 2017). Most shared sanitation facilities
in slums are abandoned after a short time of use due to disuse, lack of
cleaning and poor maintenance (Kwiringira, Atekyereza, Niwagaba and
Günther 2014a; WSP 2008). In Kampala, 70 per cent of the urban poor
use shared latrines with 47 per cent of these latrines clean enough to
be used and another 45 per cent of the facilities abandoned (Günther,
Horst, Lüthi, Mosler, Niwagaba and Tumwebaze 2011; Günther, Horst,
Lüthi, Mosler, Niwagaba and Tumwebaze 2012). | en_US |
