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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
environmental science
Sanitation facilities in Kampala slums, Uganda: Users' satisfaction and determinant factors
International Journal of Environmental Health Research, Volume 23, No. 3, Year 2013
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Access to improved sanitation is a key preventive measure against sanitary-related gastro-enteric diseases such as diarrhoea. We assessed the access to sanitation facilities and users' satisfaction in 50 randomly selected slums of Kampala through a cross-sectional survey conducted in 2010. A total of 1500 household respondents were interviewed. Sixty-eight per cent of the respondents used shared toilets, 20% private, 11% public toilets and less than 1% reported using flying toilets or practising open defecation. More than half of the respondents (51.7%) were not satisfied with their sanitation facilities. Determinants for satisfaction with the facilities used included the nature and type of toilet facilities used, their cleanliness, and the number of families sharing them. The study findings showed that slum dwellers had high access to sanitation facilities. However, most of them were shared and majority of the respondents were not satisfied with their facilities, primarily due to cleanliness and over demand. © 2013 Taylor & Francis.
Authors & Co-Authors
Tumwebaze, Innocent Kamara
Switzerland, Zurich
Universität Zürich
Orach, Christopher Garimoi
Uganda, Kampala
Makerere University
Niwagaba, Charles Buregeya
Uganda, Kampala
Makerere University
Lüthi, Christoph
Switzerland, Dubendorf
Eawag - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Mosler, Hans Joachim
Switzerland, Dubendorf
Eawag - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Statistics
Citations: 115
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1080/09603123.2012.713095
ISSN:
09603123
e-ISSN:
13691619
Research Areas
Environmental
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Study Locations
Uganda