Challenges and strategies for meetingthe sanitation MDG target in Zambia by 2015

摘要

The challenges in meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) target for sanitation by 2015 aremany and include the large numbers of temporary latrines, low capacity for sanitation promotion in thecountry, weak policies and strategies for sanitation promotion, low support for sanitation in donorsupported programs, social resistance to the use of the latrines, and lack of multisectoral partnerships forsanitation promotion. Promoting innovative approaches that empower people to build toilets likeEcological Sanitation (Eco-San), Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), Community-Based TotalSanitation (CBTS), School Sanitation, and School-Led Total Sanitation (SLTS), among others, will leadto quick and sustainable increase in sanitation access and coverage. The challenges to meeting the MDGtargets for sanitation by 2015 are formidable; so the targets can only be achieved by decentralisation,scaling up implementation of strategic approaches and multisectoral cooperation (GRZ/UNDP, 2008).