Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals for water and sanitation in Indonesia - Results from a five-year (2013-2017) large-scale effectiveness evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Access to safe sanitation and the elimination of open defecation are pre-conditions for improved child health and nutrition and wider achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While Indonesia has a solid policy framework, the country ranks third globally in terms of numbers of people practicing open defecation.

Objectives

Our aim was to assess the effectiveness of a five-year strategy to reduce open defecation through accelerating implementation of the national sanitation program across districts receiving variable levels of external support.

Methods

Among three provinces with poor sanitation program performance, districts were selected to receive one of three levels of external support. High intensity districts (n = 6) benefitted from enabli

SUBMITTER: Odagiri M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7607394 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature