Provision of healthy toilet for low income community based on community empowerment in Kelurahan Kebonsari, Surabaya City, towards Indonesia open defecation free (ODF) in 2019 (original) (raw)

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Open Defecation Free (ODF) Program As an Urgent Public Service in Semarang City, Central Java

E3S Web of Conferences

Semarang is the capital city of Central Java, located in the heart of Java island. However, the number of households practising Open Defecation (OD) is still quite high. This fact is astonishing since Semarang is an urban metropolitan area. Therefore, the municipal government of Semarang set a target of abolishing OD in 2018. This article is focused on awareness of the local dwellers in Jomblang Village, Candisari District, on their OD behavior. Data for this study were collected by library research, observation, and in-depth interviews. The result shows that Open Defecation Free (ODF) is part of Community Based Total Sanitation Program, a segment of important public health service must be provided by the government, but not yet well committed. The local people of Jomblang are not fully aware of the importance of ODF. Successful ODF programme needs active participation of the local dwellers in addition to the responsibility of the government as the public service provider, especiall...

Achieving open defecation free in Surabaya city by 2019

IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2019

Achieving open defecation free (ODF) in Indonesia by 2019 is closely monitored by the Government of Indonesia (GoI) as it is targeted in the RPJMN (national midyear term). This achievement is also targeted at Surabaya City as the second largest city in Indonesia. There are still 15.527 houses in Surabaya which do not have proper sanitation system or still practicing open defecation. This study is aimed to assess how ODF would be achieved in Surabaya by 2019; including what type of toilets are to be used. A household survey was conducted to locate and assess the condition of those houses. Survey results show that 12.772 houses still practice defecation in the open area. These houses comprise of legal and illegal houses which are 5.586 and 7.186, respectively. Priority is given to legal houses as they are manageable to be given toilet under Surabaya's regulation procedure. Based on the available technologies to construct sanitation system then there will be 2.833 individual septic tank, 419 communal septic tanks, 15 communal toilet with bathing and washing (MCK), 12 communal wastewater treatment, and 1 centralized system in Keputih Sub-district of Surabaya to be constructed to set free these legal houses from open defecation practices.

Multiple Strategies for Reducing Open Defecation in Pasuruan Regency, East Java, Indonesia

International Journal of Advanced Research

This study was aimed to analyze multiple strategies for reducing open defecation in Pasuruan Regency, East Java, Indonesia. Breakthroughs and innovative policies are needed to accelerate the achievement of stopping open defecation behavior. Based on reports from the Pasuruan Health Office, several factors can cause people to stop practicing open defecation, such as enough amount of toilet and the increasing awareness of health and cleanliness. Da'i is an Islamic religious leader who is close to the community. Da"i educates people about Islam and invites people to do good deed based on Islamic rules. The people in Pasuruan has a robust Islamic boarding school background, so Da"i might have a big role in their way of living.

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