6th South Asian Conference on Sanitation

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• 6th South Asian Conference on Sanitation
• SACOSAN-VI
• Country Paper Presentation /Afghanistan
• Dhaka, Bangladesh
• 11-13 January 2016

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Hygiene is Half of the Faith(Prophet Mohammad
PBUH)
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This Presentation

• Institutional setup for the sanitation sector
• Sanitation Situation in Afghanistan
• Financing
• Key Challenges
• Key Opportunities
• Video on Afghan Context CLTS

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Institutional Set-up

• Normative and surveillance role
• Ministry of Public Health
• Rural sanitation
• Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development
  NGO partners lower administrative
  government
• Urban sanitation
• Ministry of Urban Development
• School sanitation
• Ministry of Education

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Sanitation in Afghanistan, 2014
Source Afghanistan Living Conditions Survey, 2014
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Urban Sanitation Scenario Kabul
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One-third of Afghan Open Defecators live in 3
provinces
Source Afghanistan Living Conditions Survey, 2014
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90 of Afghan Open Defecators live in 17
provinces
Source Afghanistan Living Conditions Survey, 2014
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Funding for Sanitation

• Funding

Source Estimates by MRRD and Water Sanitation
Sector Group based on investments 2010-2015,
December 2015
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Key Challenges

• Understaffing at lower administrative levels
  undermines outreach capacity
• Inequalities between poor and rich and
  remote/insecure areas
• We dont make the most yet of linkages cx xwith
  other sectors (health, agriculture, education)
• Urban excreta-, waste water-, and solid waste
  management
• Increase in informal settlements
• Donor dependence and -fatigue

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Key Opportunities for Sanitation in Afghanistan

• Strategy developed for ending open defecation by
  2025
• Sector partners, line-ministries and donors think
  alike
• CLTS successfully introduced in Afghanistan in
  2009, and existing implementation capacity is
  scalable
• A 100 mln Integrated Hygiene, Sanitation and
  Nutrition project will start in high-stunting
  prevalence provinces
• Network of 30,000 Community Health Volunteers
• Citizens Charter for integrating basic
  services in rural areas
• Ministry of Education firmly committed to WASH in
  Schools including MHM
• Good and disaggregated data on access from the
  NSO

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Video
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Thank you