How to Use Human-Centered Design for Sanitation Products
Summary
This document provides guidance on the skills, steps, and resources needed to conduct a rapid human-centered design (HCD) process for improved toilet products in rural areas. HCD directly incorporates ideas and feedback from the people who need improved sanitation solutions, to ensure that the products will meet the demands of prospective customers. The lessons and tips shared are based on work done as part of a broader sanitation market development exercise in the Maradi and Zinder regions of Niger. This project supported the BHA-funded Resilience Food Security Activities in Niger in developing a comprehensive market development strategy focused on the availability and supply of improved latrines and handwashing-related products in the Maradi and Zinder regions, in particular.