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Adopters and Non-Adopters of Low-Cost Household Latrines: A Study of Corbelled Pit Latrines in 15 Districts of Malawi

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dc.contributor.author Holm, Rochelle
dc.contributor.author Tembo, Mavuto
dc.contributor.author Njera, Dalo
dc.contributor.author Kasulo, Victor
dc.contributor.author Malota, Mphatso
dc.contributor.author Chipeta, Willy
dc.contributor.author Singini, Wales
dc.contributor.author Mchenga, Joshua
dc.date.accessioned 2020-02-20T09:40:51Z
dc.date.available 2020-02-20T09:40:51Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.identifier.citation Holm, R., Tembo, M., Njera, D., Kasulo, V., Malota, M., Chipeta, W., Singini, W. and Mchenga, J. (2016). adopters and non-adopters of low-cost household latrines: A case study of corbelled pit latrines in 15 districts of malawi. sustainability, 2016, 8, 917 DOI: 10.3390/su8100917 https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/8/10/917/htm en_US
dc.identifier.uri repository.mzuni.ac.mw:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/99
dc.identifier.uri 10.3390/su8100917
dc.description.abstract The Sustainable Development Goals will challenge low- and middle-income settings to look at new approaches for rural sanitation. In 2013, Mzuzu University, in partnership with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Malawi, started a low-cost latrine program in rural areas using the corbelled latrine design supported by locally owned sustainable businesses. The objective of this work was to trace customers (early household adopters) and non-customers through field observations and interviews in 15 districts of Malawi. The research team spent 193 personnel work days in data collection and found 21 households as adopters in 7 districts. Most respondents had a preference with regard to the design of the sanitation facility they would like to use. Although sharing of sanitation facilities was common, the corbelled latrine is promoted as a single household pit latrine design. Unfortunately, 8% (23/304) of non-adopters responded they practiced open defecation. Households were satisfied with the corbelled latrine design, and no latrine was found to have collapsed during field visits. To promote the corbelled latrine in Malawi, the following are recommended: (1) education of frontline government extension workers towards non-subsidized household latrines; (2) identification of rural low-income households as the best target for potential adopters; and (3) linkage of low-cost sanitation technologies to community mobilization campaigns led by the government, such as Community Led Total Sanitation. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject developing countries; en_US
dc.subject household; Malawi; en_US
dc.subject pit latrine; en_US
dc.subject sanitation; en_US
dc.subject sustainability en_US
dc.title Adopters and Non-Adopters of Low-Cost Household Latrines: A Study of Corbelled Pit Latrines in 15 Districts of Malawi en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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