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Emergency Sanitation Standards

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Key points
  • Interpret indicators with care when population size fluctuates significantly.
  • When calculating sanitation-related indicators, clarify whether population figures include or exclude the host community.
  • Information on reported defecation in toilets or open defecation observations can be compared with this indicator. If the number of people per toilet is high, this may indicate that the problem may lie in insufficient toilets. If there are sufficient toilets, it can indicate that people are not using them.

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