<p>The word triggered is not defined/clear.</p><p>It would be nice to know the burden of open defecation in the Region before the intervention in 2010 in the background.</p><p>The abstract is riddled with a lot of typographical/ editorial errors especially in results section. Example &nbsp;"54,8%"</p><p>The conclusion needs to be rewritten and made concise. It has a lot of unclear &nbsp;statements.</p><p>Example:</p><p>"ODF communities marginally increased to 2019."&nbsp;</p><p>" Of the latrines expected to be constructed,2 household to 1 latrine was observed from 2017 to2021"</p><p><strong>Despite the above comments, this abstract can be presented if these corrections are effected as the public health problem of open defecation which it tries to address is not common.</strong></p>