Safety of the use of EcoSan latrine products by

communities:Case of Burera District

Ntakarutimana Amans

Lecturer/Environmental Heath

RBC/Kigali Health Institute-Rwanda

Challenges

• Perception – Risks-non use of feces and urine (drop-and-store

mind)– Benefits- early application

• Ignorance – Characteristics and value of feces and urine

• Resources– Population– Stakeholders – Mobilisation

Use of EcoSan latrine products in Burera District.

• Short film ( 7 minutes) on the:– Use of feces and urine– Benefits – Appreciation

• Health safety findings (3minutes)– Quality of feces, urine, soil, water bodies and plant materials– Collection, treatment and application measures

• Conclusion (2 minutes)– Benefits – Needs of support– Decentralisation – Resources-funding strategy– Rules and regulations– Stakeholders

Health safety findings

• Self protection (28.8%)• Hand washing (43.8%)• Biological quality of

– feces ready for use (23%)– Urine (0%)

• Contamination of – soil (4.7%)– water (0%)– plant materials (0.9%)

The total number of households

= 73

The sample size = 25

The sample size = 105

Reduction of pathogens with time of local composting

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Ascaris lumbricoides

Trichuris trichiura

Strongyloides stercoralis

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Quality of feces and treatment

Conclusion

• Environmental pollution• Soil • water Less pollution • plants

• Health benefits• Products less harmful (pH, To, t)• Less contamination (controlled)• STH, nutrition

• Agriculture productivity• Claver (from 700,000 to 2,000,000Rwf).

• Jacky (3 times of her harvest).

• Cost savings to farmers (use of urine,

top up with sanitized feces ).

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