Water, sanitation, and hygiene in schools: Status and implications of low coverage in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia
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Adequate access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH) in schools impacts health, educational outcomes, and gender disparities. Little multi-country research has been published on WaSH in rural schools in Sub-Saharan Africa. In this multi-national cross-sectional WaSH study, we document WaSH access, continuity, quality, quantity, and reliability in 2270 schools that were randomly sampled in rural regions of six Sub-Saharan African countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia. Data collection included: school WaSH surveys containing internationally established WaSH indicators, direct observation, and field- and laboratory-based microbiological water quality testing. We found 1% of rural schools in Ethiopia and Mozambique to 23% of rural schools in Rwanda had improved water sources on premises, improved sanitation, and water and soap for handwashing. Fewer than 23% of rural schools in the six countries studied met the World Health Organization's recommended student-to-latrine ratios for boys and for girls. Fewer than 20% were observed to have at least four of five recommended menstrual hygiene services (separate-sex latrines with doors and locks, water for use, waste bin). The low access to safe and adequate WaSH services in rural schools suggest opportunities for WaSH interventions that could have substantive impact on health, education, and gender disparities.
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Regardless of all these hazards, females in marginalized areas continue to engage in open defecation due to limited sanitation facilities.
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- Authors
- Morgan, C., Bowling, M., Bartram, J., & Lyn Kayser, G.
- Affiliations
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Venue
- International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-08
- Volume
- 220
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 950-959
- ISSN
- 1438-4639 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2607172376
- Cited by
- 104
- References
- 31
- Citations by year
- 2026: 18 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 5
- FWCI
- 3.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- United States Agency for International Development
- World Health Organization
- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Water Resource Management and Quality
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Speech and Hearing › School Health and Nursing Education
- Keywords
- school water, sanitation and hygiene, rural schools, sub-Saharan Africa, latrine access, handwashing with soap, water quality, gender inequality in education, school health
- MeSH terms
- Female, Humans, Hygiene, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires, Rural Population, Sanitation, Schools, Water Supply, Africa South of the Sahara
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