| Title | The Ibadan comfort stations : an experiment in environmental sanitation health education; summary report |
| Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
| Year of Publication | 1975 |
| Authors | Ademuwagun, ZA |
| Pagination | 39 pp. : 24 tab, 18 fig. |
| Date Published | 1975-10-01 |
| Publisher | University of Ibadan, Nigeria |
| Place Published | Ibadan, Nigeria |
| Keywords | access to sanitation, community blocks, environmental sanitation, nigeria, personal hygiene |
| Abstract | A comfort station is a sanitation block, reserved for the exclusive use of an "extended family". Individual households that belong to a patrilineal kinship group, locally termed an "extended family," of between 100 and 1,000 members are located on the same piece of land, which is held in communal ownership by the kinship group. Each kinship group is (or is planned to be) provided with a "comfort station," essentially a communal sanitation block with toilets, showers, and laundry facilities. Part of the construction cost is borne by the extended family and part by the Government; the family is responsible for maintenance and also for paying the water and electricity charges. This approach to the provision of communal sanitation facilities can only work under suitable social conditions. The success of the Ibadan comfort stations has probably been due more to their social setting than to their technical design. |
| Notes | Bibliography : p. 39, 10 refs. |
| Custom 1 | 824 |
