Shared Sanitation

Shared sanitation in informal settlements

Shared sanitation facilities are not considered an improved sanitation type by the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP), though they may be the only alternative to open defecation in informal settlements that have high rates of poverty, are overcrowded, and lack the space to construct individual household latrines. We work with Habitat for Humanity International to study the user perceptions and health outcomes associated with shared sanitation in order to understand the contexts under which shared sanitation might represent a viable, safe sanitation solution.

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