CLTS and PHAST in Eritrea

A case study documenting experiences and lessons from the Red Cross Society of Eritrea in community-based sanitation and hygiene programming

Located in the Horn of Africa with an estimated population of 5.4 million, Eritrea has some of the lowest sanitation statistics in the world. In 2010, only an estimated 4% of the rural population used an improved sanitation facility (UNICEF, 2010). The Government of Eritrea has increasingly recognised the importance of improved water and sanitation facilities, to reduce the burden of diarrhoeal disease, and is committed to achieving the MDG target of 54% of the population having access to an improved latrine by 2015 (JMP, 2012).