Uganda - Environmental Sanitation : Addressing Institutional and Financial Challenges

Over the past 10 years the government of Uganda has endeavored to increase latrine coverage and promote hygiene with a view to improving health outcomes. In 1997, in the Kampala declaration for sanitation, leaders from all of Uganda's districts pledged to improve sanitation. Then in 2001, three ministries, the Ministry of Water, Lands, and Environment; the Ministry of Education and Sports; and the Ministry of Health, signed a memorandum of understanding to clarify institutional responsibilities with respect to sanitation and hygiene and to improve implementation at the district and local levels. The three ministries agreed to put in place institutional arrangements to prioritize resources for excreta-related sanitation and hygiene programs. Although the main focus of this report is on excreta-related sanitation and hygiene, the 2006 joint sector review for water and sanitation also requested clarification of existing mandates for two specific aspects of environmental sanitation, namely solid waste management and drainage and asked whether these two issues should be included in the memorandum. Accordingly, this report also explores the institutional issues linked with municipal solid waste management and urban drainage. Because of limitations of time and scope, it examines these particular issues only in Kampala.

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2010-02-01
Subjects:	ACCESS TO LATRINES, ACCESS TO SAFE WATER, ACCESS TO SANITATION, ACCESS TO SEWERAGE, ACCESS TO WATER, AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION, ASH, BACTERIA, BASIC HYGIENE, CHOLERA, CLEAN WATER, CLEANLINESS, COMMERCIALIZATION, COMMUNITY ACTION, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY SANITATION, COMPOSTING, CONNECTION, CONNECTIONS, CONSTRUCTION OF LATRINES, DECISION MAKING, DIARRHEA, DIARRHEAL DISEASE, DIARRHEAL DISEASES, DRAIN, DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, DRAINS, DRINKING WATER, DYSENTERY, EFFLUENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION, EQUALIZATION, EXCRETA DISPOSAL, FLUSH TOILETS, FOOD HYGIENE, GARBAGE, HANDS WITH SOAP, HANDWASHING, HEALTH LEGISLATION, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HEALTH POLICY, HEALTH SERVICES, HEPATITIS, HOSPITALS, HOUSEHOLD HYGIENE, HOUSEHOLD SANITATION, HUMAN EXCRETA, HYGIENE, HYGIENE ACTIVITIES, HYGIENE EDUCATION, HYGIENE ISSUES, HYGIENE PRACTICES, HYGIENE PROMOTERS, HYGIENE PROMOTION, HYGIENIC USE, INADEQUATE SANITATION, INFANT MORTALITY, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, INTESTINAL WORMS, ISOLATION, LANDFILL GASES, LATRINE CONSTRUCTION, LAWS, MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE, NATIONAL WATER, OXYGEN, OXYGEN DEMAND, PIT LATRINE, PIT LATRINES, POLICIES ON SANITATION, POOR DRAINAGE, POOR HYGIENE, POTABLE WATER, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, PRIMARY SCHOOLS, PUBLIC FACILITIES, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC LATRINES, PUBLIC SANITATION, PUBLIC SANITATION FACILITIES, PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM, RAPID URBANIZATION, RAW WATER, RECYCLING, SAFE DISPOSAL, SAFE STOOL DISPOSAL, SAFE WATER, SANITARY CONDITIONS, SANITATION ACCESS, SANITATION ACTIVITIES, SANITATION COORDINATION COMMITTEE, SANITATION COVERAGE, SANITATION FACILITIES, SANITATION IMPROVEMENT, SANITATION INDICATORS, SANITATION PROGRAM, SANITATION SECTOR, SANITATION SERVICES, SCHISTOSOMIASIS, SCHOOL LATRINE CONSTRUCTION, SCHOOL SANITATION, SEPTIC TANKS, SEWAGE, SEWAGE DISPOSAL, SEWAGE TREATMENT, SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, SEWERAGE, SEWERAGE NETWORK, SEWERAGE REGULATIONS, SEWERAGE SERVICES, SEWERS, SOAP, SOLID WASTE, SOLID WASTE COLLECTION, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, SUSPENDED SOLIDS, TOILET, TOILETS, TOWN WATER, TRADITIONAL LATRINE, TREATMENT FACILITIES, URBAN AREAS, URBAN CENTERS, URBAN COMMUNITY, URBAN DRAINAGE, URBAN WATER, URBAN WATER SUPPLY, URBAN WATER SUPPLY COVERAGE, USE OF WATER, USER CHARGES, VECTOR CONTROL, VENEREAL DISEASES, VIOLENCE, VITAMIN DEFICIENCY, WASH HANDS WITH SOAP, WASHING HANDS, WASTE, WASTE DISPOSAL, WASTES, WASTEWATER, WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE, WASTEWATER TREATMENT, WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS, WATER CONSUMPTION, WATER POLLUTION, WATER QUALITY, WATER RESOURCES, WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, WATER SOURCE, WATER SUPPLY, WORKERS,
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