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Download fileScaling up school sanitation
conference contribution
posted on 12.02.2018, 15:08 by Albert Rugumayo, Brenda Baseera, Harriet KemigishaThe paper outlines the various initiatives undertaken in Uganda to scale up school sanitation. The main strategies employed
were; appropriate macro-economic policies,increased funding and stakeholder involvement at the lowest level It starts
with the Sanitation Baseline Survey that provided important information for planning the interventions.It then describes
the institutional reforms, that created an enabling environment to proceed with the interventions. The two UNICEF Programmes
are then discussed, followed by the School Facilities Grant and the RUWASA Programme.Key issues relating
to latrine construction, hand washing facilities, behavior change, the girl child, the disabled are highlighted together with
the overall impact of these interventions. Conclusions are then drawn and a way forward, recommended.
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