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Decentralised strategy setting and action planning for environmental sanitation in Ghana
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posted on 2018-02-12, 15:08 authored by Alfred K. Opoku, Lukman Y. Salifu, E. Darko-MensahThis paper shares the experience in the preparatory activities carried out for the preparation of a National
Environmental Sanitation Strategy and Action Plan for Ghana. The procedures and framework for preparing
the comprehensive strategy and action plan are described including national, regional and district-level
management and quality assurance of the process. This initiative is different from the usual sanitation limited
to “hygienic disposal of human excreta” as the strategies and related action planning elements cover all
aspects of environmental sanitation including solid waste, human excreta, sullage conveyance and drainage,
environmental sanitation education and enforcement management. An important proposition of exercise
is that where effective collaboration, sharing and peering can be forged amongst sector institutions and
coordinated well it is possible to bring diverse expertise at national level to tackle each and every issue of
environmental sanitation adequately.
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OPOKU, A.K. ... et al, 2008. Decentralised strategy setting and action planning for environmental sanitation in Ghana. IN: Jones, H. (ed). Access to sanitation and safe water - Global partnerships and local actions: Proceedings of the 33rd WEDC International Conference, Accra, Ghana, 7-11 April 2008, pp. 226-229.Publisher
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