Enough of shit, please!

A comprehensive account of India's sanitation problem and a compelling case for CLTS by Nipun Vinayak.
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A comprehensive account of India's sanitation problem and a compelling case for CLTS by Nipun Vinayak.
Eliminating open defecation is increasingly seen as a key health outcome, with links to reduced stunting, improved educational and positive health outcomes for children. In Sub Saharan Africa, over 35 countries are implementing some form of CLTS, ranging from TATS in Tanzania to CLTSH in Ethiopia. Since the introduction of CLTS in 2005 in the region, rapid scale-up has been achieved with suggested numbers of ODF communities in the range of 30,000 affecting over 15 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The Pan African CLTS Programme ‘Empowering self-help sanitation of rural and peri-urban communities and schools in Africa’ aims to (1) to reduce infant and child morbidity and mortality in 8 African countries and (2) to empower rural and peri-urban communities through the use of CLTS/ School Led Total Sanitation (SLTS) and Urban Community Led Total Sanitation (UCLTS).
Plan International, Pakistan and UNICEF have jointly launched an “Early recovery programme on Rural Sanitation in flood affected districts of Pakistan” after the devastating floods of 2010. The programme is based on CLTS.
Interview with Moussa Seck, Program Coordinator for Community Led Total Sanitation Initiatives in Southern Senegal. In this interview, Mr. Seck highlights the sanitation challenges that exist in Senegal and why CLTS is an important initiative to combat these challenges.
Open Defecation is a shame, use a latrine! was the theme for the annual sanitation week which was observed in Uganda between 15th -22nd March 2012.
CLTS in cities is relatively new in the Indian context. Prior to Nanded there were only two reported cases of use of CLTS in an urban setting in India- Kalyani near Kolkata and Raigad in Maharashtra. But the Nanded experience is wider than both the earlier initiatives, as this is the first time in India that CLTS has been used on a city wide scale to cover all aspects of sanitation including: open defecation; solid waste management; drainage; water security etc.
Chapter by Kamal Kar in the IDS Bulletin Volume 43, March 2012 Special Issue: ‘Some for All?’ Politics and Pathways in Water and Sanitation