Faecal Sludge Management in Africa: Socioeconomic Aspects and Human and Environmental Health Implications

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.authorInternational Water Management Institute
dc.coverage.spatialAfrica
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-16T16:28:04Z
dc.date.available2020-11-16T16:28:04Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionThis publication aims to explore how current trends in faecal sludge management are impacting human and environmental health in Africa (both sub-Saharan and Northern Africa). Faecal sludge comes from onsite sanitation technologies in the form of raw or partially digested slurry or semi-solid material. Its management involves storage, collection, transport, treatment and safe end use or disposal. Some factors that make it difficult to manage sustainably include population growth and urbanization, overreliance on financial aid for the construction of treatment plants, low revenue generation from users of treatment facilities, poor operation and maintenance, and inefficient institutional arrangements for faecal sludge management. Poor faecal sludge management poses major health, environmental and socioeconomic differential risks to men, women, boys and girls in Africa. Alongside poor sanitation, it contributes to the 115 deaths per hour from excreta-related diseases in Africa and huge economic losses. Some good practices along the sanitation value chain that have been reported in a few countries have the potential for replication in several other African countries. Overall, there is a need to invest in sanitation systems and mechanisms to improve faecal sludge management and direct investments to very poor households. In particular, bottlenecks in service delivery pathways require urgent attention. This publication examines faecal sludge management practices in Africa as a contribution to the joint project by the United Nations Environment Programme, the African Development Bank and GRIDArendal entitled Wastewater Management and Sanitation Provision in Africa: An Opportunity for Private and Public Sector Investment, which aims to promote knowledge on wastewater and sanitation in Africa with the goal of enhancing these services across the continent.en
dc.formatpdf
dc.identifier.isbn978-92-807-3811-7
dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/34350
dc.languageEnglish
dc.page.number64 p.
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectfaecal sludge
dc.subjectwastewater
dc.subjectsanitation
dc.subjectsanitation service
dc.subjectwaste treatment
dc.subjectwaste collection
dc.subjectwaste management
dc.subjectenvironmental health
dc.subjecthealth
dc.subjectAfrica
dc.subjectWest Africa
dc.subjectEast Africa
dc.subjectsocioeconomic aspects
dc.titleFaecal Sludge Management in Africa: Socioeconomic Aspects and Human and Environmental Health Implicationsen
dc.typeTechnical report
wd.document.symbolDEP/2309/NA

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