This report describes how the Strengthening Health Outcomes through the Private Sector (SHOPS) project, led by Abt Associates and funded by USAID, is engaging with the private sector to improve the poor sanitation conditions in peri-urban areas of Malawi. The objective of the project is to facilitate the transition from shared and traditional latrines to improved latrines in periurban areas by designing a transitional latrine that can be supplied by private sector sanitation businesses.