• Research partners
    • The community
    • INS
    • UNC
    • LSHTM
    • WSUP
    • The funders
  • Context
  • The trial
    • What’s being investigated?
    • What was the intervention?
    • How were participants selected?
    • How was the trial set up?
    • How were results measured?
    • Timeline
  • Results
    • 60 months post intervention
    • 24 months post intervention
    • 12 months post intervention
    • Broader results of improved sanitation
  • Significance
    • Impact
      • Tackling stunting through improved sanitation
      • Improved quality of life and mental health
    • Implications
      • The case for high quality shared sanitation
      • Recognising shared sanitation in global metrics and investment frameworks
  • Other
    • Further reading
    • Contact
  • English
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  • English
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  • Research partners
    • The community
    • INS
    • UNC
    • LSHTM
    • WSUP
    • The funders
  • Context
  • The trial
    • What’s being investigated?
    • What was the intervention?
    • How were participants selected?
    • How was the trial set up?
    • How were results measured?
    • Timeline
  • Results
    • 60 months post intervention
    • 24 months post intervention
    • 12 months post intervention
    • Broader results of improved sanitation
  • Significance
    • Impact
      • Tackling stunting through improved sanitation
      • Improved quality of life and mental health
    • Implications
      • The case for high quality shared sanitation
      • Recognising shared sanitation in global metrics and investment frameworks
  • Other
    • Further reading
    • Contact

Further reading

Explore these key studies and related readings to learn more about the MapSan trial, its findings, and broader context.

Path analysis to test theory of change
High-quality shared toilets can reduce women’s feelings of stress due to fear of violence
Quality of life and mental wellbeing
Long-term impacts of an urban sanitiation intervention in Maputo 2023 paper
A controlled, before-and-after trial of an urban sanitation intervention to reduce enteric infections in children 2015 paper
Effects of an urban sanitation intervention on childhood enteric infection and diarrhea in Maputo 2020 paper
The Missing Link in Sanitation Service Delivery
Limited services shared sanitation and SDGs
Risk factors for childhood enteric infection in urban Maputo, Mozambique: A cross-sectional study

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