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Background: Handwashing with soap is critical for the prevention of diarrhoeal diseases and outbreak related diseases, including int
Today, people worldwide can expect to live into their 60s and beyond.
Of the two billion people worldwide lacking access to at least basic sanitation, seven out of ten live in rural areas (JMP 2019).
Recent systematic reviews have highlighted a paucity of rigorous evidence to guide water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) intervention
Legal principles and moral obligations that guarantee the basic needs of people living in humanitarian crisis situations (HCSs) pred
Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions are amongst the most crucial in humanitarian crises, although the impact of the
Point-of-use water treatment (PoUWT), such as boiling or chlorine disinfection, has long been recommended in emergencies.
This paper describes the potential of ecological sanitation (ecosan), and in particular of urine-diversion dehydrating (UDD) toilets
After emergency situations, aid agencies tend to implement sanitation systems that exhibit good principles for managing human excret