Sanitation and hygiene: responding to challenges, lessons from Burkina Faso

Safe hygiene practices and access to sanitation are crucial for combating the main health threats to children. However, nearly twice as many people lack access to sanitation compared with water supply. Is it time to stop aligning sanitation and health (S&H) policies so closely with water management policy?

A paper from Tearfund, researched and written by ACCEDES, one of Tearfund’s local partners, together with the Overseas Development Institute, in the UK, investigates barriers to sanitation and hygiene promotion in five villages in Burkina Faso.

Read more: id21, 14 Mar 2008