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Lessons learned from the national sanitation campaign in Njombe district council, Tanzania

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dc.contributor.author Safari, John G.
dc.contributor.author Mohamed, Hussein
dc.contributor.author Dimoso, Provident
dc.contributor.author Akyoo, Winfrida
dc.contributor.author Odhiambo, Francis
dc.contributor.author Mpete, Regnihaldah
dc.contributor.author Massa, Khalid
dc.contributor.author Mwakitalima, Anyitike
dc.date.accessioned 2023-08-16T09:36:32Z
dc.date.available 2023-08-16T09:36:32Z
dc.date.issued 2019
dc.identifier.citation Safari, J., Mohamed, H., Dimoso, P., Akyoo, W., Odhiambo, F., Mpete, R., Massa, K., & Mwakitalima, A. (2019). Lessons learned from the national sanitation campaign in Njombe district council, Tanzania. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 1-11. en_US
dc.identifier.other doi: 10.2166/washdev.2019.274
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.mocu.ac.tz/xmlui/handle/123456789/481
dc.description.abstract Sanitation remains one of the Sustainable Development Goals, with slow progress. Tanzania has been implementing the National Sanitation Campaign through a Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach since 2012. Njombe District Council (DC) has been identified to be among the best performing councils in the implementation of the sanitation campaign. A qualitative study was conducted to document how the CLTS was carried out in Njombe DC, assess progress on CLTS implementation and define the success factors for CLTS implementation. Findings show that CLTS intervention has resulted in increased coverage of improved latrines at a household level from 7.5% before the intervention in 2011 to 99.8% in September 2018. In addition, households with functional hand washing facilities have increased from 5.1% before the intervention to 94% in September 2018. Involvement of political leaders and government officials from the council level to the lowest governmental unit offered important support for CLTS implementation. The best mix of sanitation education, regulation and enforcement was instrumental in raising community awareness, changing collective behavior, making people comply with the village sanitation laws, and the overall success in the sanitation campaign. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject CLTS en_US
dc.subject Rural sanitation en_US
dc.subject Tanzania en_US
dc.subject Sanitation campaign en_US
dc.subject Njombe en_US
dc.title Lessons learned from the national sanitation campaign in Njombe district council, Tanzania en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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