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Prioritizing Sanitation and Hygiene

Prioritizing Sanitation and Hygiene. By Z.O. Agberemi Project Officer (Sanitation) UNICEF – Abuja. Nigeria National Water and Sanitation Forum Abuja: August 29 – Sept.1, 2006. Background- Nigeria. Estimated Population of over 120 Million. Water Supply Coverage:(NDHS-2003) Urban Areas - 65%

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Prioritizing Sanitation and Hygiene

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  1. Prioritizing Sanitation and Hygiene ByZ.O. AgberemiProject Officer (Sanitation)UNICEF – Abuja. NigeriaNational Water and Sanitation Forum Abuja: August 29 – Sept.1, 2006

  2. Background- Nigeria • Estimated Population of over 120 Million. • Water Supply Coverage:(NDHS-2003) • Urban Areas - 65% • Rural Areas - 40% • Sanitation Coverage:(NDHS-2003) • Urban Areas - 90% (Includes Traditional Pit Latrines) • Rural Areas - 66% (Includes Traditional Pit Latrines) • Access to Hand washing facilities (Water, Soap & Basin): (NDHS-2003) – 43% • Estimated 200,000 deaths (mainly children) annually due to diarrheal diseases. • High mortality and morbidity rates due to other sanitation and hygiene related diseases. Prioritizing Sanitation and Hygiene: National Water and Sanitation Forum-Abuja

  3. Definitions of Sanitation & Hygiene • Sanitation means measures necessary for improving and protecting health and well being of the people. • The interventions often include; Safe human excreta disposal, personal hygiene, domestic hygiene, solid waste disposal and waste water disposal. • The WHO and UNICEF JMP defines basic sanitation as the lowest-cost technology ensuring hygienic excreta disposal and a clean and healthful living environment both at home and in the neighbourhood of users. • Access to basic sanitation includes safety and privacy in the use of these services. • Coverage is the proportion of people using improved sanitation facilities such as public sewer connection, septic tank system, pour flush latrine, simple latrine and Ventilated Improved Pit latrine. Prioritizing Sanitation and Hygiene: National Water and Sanitation Forum-Abuja

  4. Major Factors Militating against Sanitation and Hygiene • Low priority and funding • Lack of well defined Institutional framework for service delivery. • Unfavourable Policy Environment. • Weak and Poorly enforced Public Health laws. • Poorly motivated Sector professionals. Prioritizing Sanitation and Hygiene: National Water and Sanitation Forum-Abuja

  5. Disparity between Sanitation and Water Major Problems Identified By Rural Households Prioritizing Sanitation and Hygiene: National Water and Sanitation Forum-Abuja

  6. Some Benefits of Sanitation and Hygiene • Decrease in mortality and morbidity rates. • Increase productivity, reduction in poverty and Economic Development. • Improves nutrition and the physical mental growth of children. • Improves school enrolment, attendance and performance. • Increase the survival of People living with HIV and AIDS. Prioritizing Sanitation and Hygiene: National Water and Sanitation Forum-Abuja

  7. Impact of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene on Diarrhoea Reduction Prioritizing Sanitation and Hygiene: National Water and Sanitation Forum-Abuja

  8. Focusing on Sanitation and Hygiene • Prioritize Sanitation and Hygiene . • Mobilize Political Will. • Demand Approach to Sanitation and Hygiene Development. • Building on Existing practices. • Pay attention to gender. • Sustained Promotional efforts. • Harmonize Institutional Framework for service delivery. • Ensure enabling policy environment. • Enforcement of Existing Sanitation laws. • More involvement of NGOs, CBOs and Private sector. • Resource mobilization specifically for sanitation and hygiene. Prioritizing Sanitation and Hygiene: National Water and Sanitation Forum-Abuja

  9. Conclusion • Prioritizing Sanitation and Hygiene is a big issue for consideration • The problem of Sanitation and Hygiene is as shocking as HIV and AIDS and as debilitating as Malaria. • Globally, an estimated US$ 65 billion economic benefits can be achieved annually from meeting the sanitation target. • Sanitation is more important and Hygiene is the most important for health impact of intervention to be achieved • The present emphasis by government on water supply alone would not transform human health. • In practice, the relationship between water supply, sanitation and hygiene should not be one of competition but of synergy with adequate attention and resources given to all. Prioritizing Sanitation and Hygiene: National Water and Sanitation Forum-Abuja

  10. A Final Word!!!! • Are we to decide on the importance of issues by asking how fashionable or glamorous they are? Or by asking how seriously they affect how many? • …………Nelson Mandela Prioritizing Sanitation and Hygiene: National Water and Sanitation Forum-Abuja

  11. Thank You Prioritizing Sanitation and Hygiene: National Water and Sanitation Forum-Abuja

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