Summary Diseases due to T. solium and soil transmitted helminths (STHs) are of cosmopolitan distribution and strongly linked with poor sanitation and poverty. These infections are to a great extent perpetuated by open defecation (OD). Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) is an approach in which people in rural communities are facilitated to do their own appraisal and analysis, come to their own conclusions, and take their own actions. To date no rigorous study has been conducted to evaluate the impact of CLTS on the transmission of taeniasis/cysticercosis or STHs, despite the worldwide acclaim which CLTS has received as an approach to improve sanitation. The overall aim of the study is to contribute to the reduction and subsequent control of T. solium and STH infections through the implementation of CLTS approaches in 1 districts in the Eastern Province of Zambia. By using CLTS it is hypothesised that toilet acquisition and usage will be increased with a resultant reduction in OD which will in turn reduce the transmission of T. solium and STH infections in the district. This will be measured by porcine/human cysticercosis prevalence (serological test) and STH infections in humans (quantitative coprological test).
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Number of porcine/human cysticercosis cases (serological test)
Timeframe: One Year