A very significant part of this was the sanitation program put in place by Gorgas.
Furthermore, a national rural water supply and sanitation program has been approved in 2006.
He also began a basic sanitation program in the Baixada Fluminense region.
The development group is now scheduled to start its sanitation program later this year, Mr. Eng said.
What's that doing to our sanitation program?
It is a demand-driven and people-centered sanitation program.
Until then, most traditional sanitation programs relied on the provision of subsidies for the construction of latrines and hygiene education.
It has been particularly successful in the implementation of its total sanitation programme whereby 2,500 houses have been provided with private latrines.
It built on lessons learned from the first Community Water and Sanitation Program which had been carried out from 1994 to 2000.
The IDB assisted the government in designing a water and sanitation subnational program.