01456nas a2200133   4500000000100000008004100001260006300042100001500105245008200120250000900202856006100211300000900272520104100281       2015                            d  bUNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office - ESARO1 aMaulit J A00aTriggering handwashing with soap in CLTS: Insights on what works from Malawi.  aJan.  uhttp://www.unicef.org/esaro/WASH-Field-HWWS-low-res.pdf   a4 p.3 a<p>Authors'Abstract:</p>

<p>The Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach was introduced to Malawi in 2008; since 2011 it has been a key component of a national strategy for making Malawi Open Defecation Free (ODF) by 2015. In 2012, all districts in the country were implementing CLTS with promising results on behaviour change for latrine use. Given the widespread adoption of CLTS and its ability to effect behaviour change, it was hypothesized that the approach can be leveraged to also trigger demand for handwashing with soap. This Field Note summarizes the approach taken to pilot the integration of handwashing triggering in the CLTS process and its result</p>

<p>Outcome: The pilot resulted in change in three key areas: a new and tested set of tools for triggering for handwashing; significantly more households that had built handwashing facilities by their toilets in comparison to villages triggered with the current tools; and these communities had higher rates of soap found at the handwashing facilities.</p>