This indicator measures the effectiveness of hygiene promotion efforts to reduce the practice of open defecation in immediate living areas.
For this indicator, faeces includes both human and animal faeces.
Living area definition: in cases where different households are living collectively (e.g. an IDP camp, collective shelters, public buildings, transit centres), the living area is defined as inside the wall/fence that surrounds the collective area. If there is no wall/fence, then the living area is defined as the collective area plus a 20-metre radius around the group of houses, shelters, or structures that make up the collective area. In cases where households are living separately, the living area is defined as being inside the wall/fence that surrounds the household's house, shelter, or structures (i.e. its compound). If there is no wall/fence, then the living area is defined as being within a 20-metre radius around the house, shelter, or group of structures that make up the household.
