Market-based sanitation approaches can help advance progress towards SDG 6.2 through household investment in desirable and affordable toilets delivered sustainably by private sector actors and supported by enabling government structures.
Uganda is a young, fast-growing, and rapidly urbanizing country: 45 percent of the population is under 15, the urbanization rate is 5.6 percent per annum, and gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in 2021 was $884.
Sylvia Nadengo, a 49-year-old mother of nine and farmer, resides in Mpudde village, Buyende district, Eastern Uganda. Upon learning the importance of good sanitation, Sylvia worked to improve sanitation in her home as well as her village.
Just over a year ago, a third of Tegweng village in Kitgum district located in northern Uganda practiced open defecation and none of the households practiced proper handwashing.
This Brief presents findings of a survey of households who were early purchasers of SATO sanitation products sold through two USAID Uganda Sanitation for