Phased Approach to Total Sanitation (PhATS) in Haiyan-Affected Areas

Endline Assessment of UNICEF's PhATS programme in Haiyan-affected areas of the Philippines.
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Endline Assessment of UNICEF's PhATS programme in Haiyan-affected areas of the Philippines.
Embedded in the Philippines National Sanitation Roadmap, PhATS (Philippines Approach to Total Sanitation) was developed in a comprehensive governmental consultation process led by the WASH cluster following the devastating impact of Typhoon Yolanda/Hayan affecting hundreds of thousands of people in 2013. It provides a holistic systemic planning and implementation framework not only focusing on basic sanitation with an incremental phased Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) component reaching out to about a million affected people.
The supply component of the Philippines Approach to Total Sanitation (PhATS) aims to strengthen local supply chains for sanitation and hygiene goods and services and encourage Sanitation Marketing (SanMark). Through SanMark, suppliers and service providers market their goods and services to rural households, with the aim of increasing demand, improving
supply and achieving greater sales and profits.
Across Typhoon Yolanda-affected areas, the Philippines Department of Health (DoH) and Department of Education (DepEd), The League of Mayors and 46 LGUs are working in tandem with UNICEF and its 12 implementing NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) Partners to improve access to and use of sustainable sanitation through a strategy called the Philippines Approach To Total Sanitation (PhATS).
Many cities and municipalities throughout the Philippines are now discussing methods of improving local sanitation, and septage management is on the radar of many of their mayors. Through the activities of donor and supporting organizations such as Oxfam GB, capacity is being built through the introduction of international best practices. The Septage Management Leader’s Guidebook breaks down the process of implementing septage management programs in an easy to read, step-by-step basis.
This UNICEF review is aimed as a timely contribution to overall knowledge on the provision of equitable and sustainable sanitation and hygiene for all – highlighting what has worked, and issues that still need attention, especially in the area of Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS).