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Introduction Increasing handwashing with soap (HWWS) among older children in emergency settings can
Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions provide dignity and prevent disease transmission.
Background: Handwashing with soap is critical for the prevention of diarrhoeal diseases and outbreak related diseases, including int
Introduction: The major aim of hand washing promotion programs is to persuade people to change their behaviour to reduce high-risk h
Handwashing with soap is widely recognized as a key strategy for reducing the transmission of disease, particularly in emergency con
Background. Children in humanitarian situations are particularly vulnerable to diseases such as diar- rhoea.
In humanitarian emergency settings there is need for low cost and rapidly deployable interventions to protect vulnerable children, i
The rapid influx of Rohingya refugees into Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, has led to the formation of huge camps, built on difficult terra
The objective of this review is to identify sanitation failures that have contributed to the occurrence of diarrhoeal disease outbre
Engaging communities in humanitarian programming is key to ensuring their participation in decision-making that affects them as outl