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Equal access for all? Issues for people with HIV and with disabilities in Ethiopia
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posted on 2018-02-12, 15:08 authored by Mahider Tesfu, Priscilla MagrathThis paper challenges the assumption that once water and sanitation facilities are provided, everyone in the
community has access to them. Drawing on detailed case studies from Ethiopia, the paper shows how two
groups with critical needs for safe water and sanitation: those with HIV (PLWHA) and those with physical
disabilities (PWDs), face severe access constraints. Findings revealed that both groups need more water,
and need latrines more than others, yet their access to available facilities is restricted. PLWHA need more
water and latrines due to vulnerability to and treatment of symptomatic infections, but face discrimination in
access. PWDs need more water and latrines due to increased exposure to dirt from crawling, and increased
vulnerability to the dangers of open defecation, but physical limitations and inappropriate designs limit
their access. Since the underlying causes of their access constraints are different, separate programming
and policy solutions are required for each group.
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- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
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- Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)
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TESFU, M. and MAGRATH, P., 2008. Equal access for all? Issues for people with HIV and with disabilities in Ethiopia. IN: Jones, H. (ed). Access to sanitation and safe water - Global partnerships and local actions: Proceedings of the 33rd WEDC International Conference, Accra, Ghana, 7-11 April 2008, pp. 133-140.Publisher
© WEDC, Loughborough UniversityVersion
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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
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This is a conference paper.Other identifier
WEDC_ID:11357Language
- en
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