Low sanitation coverage is an ongoing challenge for Liberia. The prevalence of open defecation in the country remains high when compared to other countries in sub-Saharan Africa at 20 percent.
Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) has been implemented widely across Ghana and has led to many communities declared to be open defecation-free (ODF). However, the poor often do not benefit equally from CLTS programs.
Globally, access to sanitation is on the rise, with related reductions in open defecation. Yet an often-overlooked component of sanitation is safe child feces management (CFM).
Campylobacter spp. infections are the most common bacterial cause of gastroenteritis (Murray et al., 2012). In children under two years of age, Campylobacter spp.
IRC Uganda commissioned a research study to investigate whether the Pay-As-You-Fetch (PAYF) model incentivizes preventive maintenance of hand pumps in Kabarole and Bunyangabu Districts in Uganda.
Groundwater is extremely important for sub-Saharan Africa, and how it is managed and shared in the future will be central to securing people’s lives and livelihoods.