Abstract Ecological sanitation (Ecosan) is a relatively new concept being promoted in many developing countries to improve sanitation coverage and recycle nutrients in excreta for agricultural production. We conducted a cross-sectional study in Kabale municipality, western Uganda to determine the coverage of Ecosan and factors affecting its uptake. A total of 806 respondents were interviewed, randomly selected from...Read More

Abstract The ROSA project promotes resources-oriented sanitation concepts as a route to sustainable and ecologically sound sanitation. These concepts shall be applied in four cities in Eastern Africa, namely Arba Minch (Ethiopia), Nakuru (Kenya), Arusha (Tanzania) and Kitgum (Uganda). The project consortium comprises two partners from each of these countries, a university and the municipality as an end-user. For...Read More

Abstract In Uganda, sanitation coverage is estimated at 53% and 39% for urban and rural areas respectively. The nationalcoverage is 41%. Lack of proper sanitation potentially leads to environmental health problems, which in manycases cost lives and impact on health of a community and family income as more money is spent on medication.This leads to...Read More