Improved sanitation
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Improved sanitation is a term used to categorize types of sanitation for monitoring purposes. It refers to the management of human feces at the household level. The term was coined by the Joint Monito
"Sanitation value chain" which starts with toilets
Improved sanitation example: pit latrine with a slab covering the drop hole and handwashing station in Burundi
A mason building latrines to slabs which can be used for toilets to achieve improved sanitation in Dadaab, Kenya
Unimproved sanitation example: pit latrine without slab in Lusaka, Zambia
Pit latrine
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A pit latrine, also known as pit toilet, is a type of toilet that collects human waste in a hole in the ground. Urine and feces enter the pit through a drop hole in the floor, which might be connected
Improved sanitation
…Connection to a septic system Flush / pour-flush to a pit latrine Pit latrine with slab…
Defecating into a pit
Common problem: water well (foreground) is in close proximity to the pit latrine (brick building at the back), leading to groundwater pollution (example from Lusaka, Zambia).
Digging the pit for an Arborloo, a type of pit toilet in Cap-Haitien, Haiti
Well maintained pit latrine at a rural household near Maseru, Lesotho