Twenty thousand households still use pan latrines

During a workshop to kick-off the implementation of the Testing Modified Community Led Sanitation (CLTS) scalability project in Accra, Mr Kweku Quansah of the Environmental Environmental Health and Sanitation Directorate (EHSD) of the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development said over 20 million people representing about 87 per cent of Ghanaians did not have improved household sanitation. A study said pan latrines could be found in Police quarters and public bungalows in metropolis posing health hazards to the population. Approximately 20,000 pan latrines are still being emptied in the open.

Source: VibeGhana.com, 21st February 2012