Sanitation protects health by creating clean surroundings and preventing people from coming into contact with human waste and disease-causing organisms. This lesson introduces sanitation, its scope, and its role in preventing illness.
Sanitation generally means providing facilities and services for the safe disposal of human urine and feces and maintaining hygienic conditions. Depending on the organization or setting, the term may also include wastewater disposal, garbage collection, drainage, and hygiene promotion.
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What is sanitation?
The provision and maintenance of systems and services that safely manage human excreta and support hygienic conditions; broader definitions also include wastewater and other wastes.
What is the sanitation chain?
The stages of capturing, storing, transporting, treating, and finally reusing or disposing of excreta and wastewater.
What is onsite sanitation?
A system that collects and stores or treats excreta and wastewater on the plot where they are generated.
What is safely managed sanitation in the JMP service ladder?
An improved, unshared facility whose excreta are safely managed in place or transported for treatment.
What is capacity development in sanitation?
Strengthening the skills, organizations, partnerships, and learning systems needed to plan and deliver sanitation services.
Quiz questions
Which sequence describes the main stages of a complete sanitation chain?Answer: Capture, storage, transportation, treatment, and final reuse or disposal.
What distinguishes onsite sanitation from a sewer-based system?Answer: It manages excreta and wastewater on the plot where they are generated.
What additional condition distinguishes safely managed sanitation from basic sanitation service?Answer: Excreta are safely disposed of in place or transported for treatment.
In what year did the UN General Assembly recognize the human right to water and sanitation?Answer: 2010.
Which global development goal aims to ensure clean water and sanitation for all?Answer: Sustainable Development Goal 6.
Based on the Wikipedia article Sanitation, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Adapted into a summary, flashcards and quizzes.