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The response to the Haiti earthquake in 2010 highlighted the use of rented portable toilets in emergency context.
Large-scale urban WASH programming requires different approaches to those normally employed in Oxfam emergency response activities.
Safe excreta disposal is a top priority in an emergency, but one that takes time and extensive resources to implement.
Sanitation is an issue often neglected in development decision making.
This briefing paper is aimed at all those involved in facilitating hygiene improvement in an acute.