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Background: Handwashing with soap is critical for the prevention of diarrhoeal diseases and outbreak related diseases, including int
Menstruation and menstrual hygiene management (MHM) are issues that have long been shrouded in shame and silence.
The current Sphere guideline for water chlorination in humanitarian emergencies fails to reliably ensure household water safety in r
Background. Children in humanitarian situations are particularly vulnerable to diseases such as diar- rhoea.
MSF has intervened recently in several contexts where large-scale surface water treatment has been a significant feature of the WatS
In humanitarian emergency settings there is need for low cost and rapidly deployable interventions to protect vulnerable children, i
The objective of this review is to identify sanitation failures that have contributed to the occurrence of diarrhoeal disease outbre
The reliance on chlorination in humanitarian operations has raised concerns among practitioners about possible health risks associat
Background. Diarrhoeal diseases are a major contributor to morbidity and mortality in humanitarian crises.
In addition to the dire medical needs resulting from the 2010 Haiti earthquake, over 1.5 million people were left without access to