Determinant Of Access To Improved Latrine In Historical City Of HararEast Ethiopia2016.

Background According to the WHO there are an estimated 1.7-million cases of diarrheal disease in the world each year with 780000 children dying from diarrhea. In sub-Saharan Africa about 644000 people died from diarrhea in 2012. Still the majority of urban community in Ethiopia lacks improved latrine facility. So this study is initiated to identify the determinant of access to improved latrine in the historical city of Harar. Methods Historical city of Harar is located at 525 km east of Addis Ababa. The study was from conducted from December 13-172016. The study design was cross sectional study and simple random sampling technique was employed to select 422 sample size. Training was provided for data collector and supervisors. Standardized and pretested questionnaire was used to ensure the quality of data. Ethical issues were properly managed in data collection. Data entry and analysis was executed using SPSS edition 20. Result Those household living in house built in Italian regime was 4.836 times to access improved latrine than those household who lives in historical Harari housesAOR4.83695 CI1.143-20.456.Household with private water supply were 4.758 more likely to access improved latrine than who did not have private meter water supplyAOR4.75895 CI 1.701-13.304 and government employee were 0.282 times less likely to access improved latrine than private employeeAOR0.28295 CI 0.080-0.997. Conclusion it was concluded that determinants of access to improved latrine in the Historical City of Harar were having private water supply living in houses built in Italian regime and being government employee.