Adaptation of the Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS) protocol during the COVID-19 response

Before COVID-19, Mozambique’s Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) protocol, broadly aligned with the original approach proposed by Kar. During the pandemic, UNICEF Mozambique worked with the Government of Mozambique (GoM) and other partners to adapt the CLTS protocol in line with government restrictions to support continued implementation of the approach. This rapid study explored how CLTS programming was adapted and implemented during the pandemic and the successes, failures, and lessons to inform recommendations moving forward.