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Background: Cholera remains a serious public health threat in Asia, Africa and in parts of the Americas.
After the Ebola outbreak was declared in Sierra Leone, in June 2014, early messages about the high mortality rate of Ebola were met
In 2014, ACF initiated an innovative approach for social mobilization activites that mobilizes the communities for impoving control
Dispensers are a source-based water quality intervention with promising uptake results in development contexts.
Good hygiene practices are crucial for avoiding Ebola contamination during the transport and burial of deceased persons potentially
When responding to an emergency situation, ensuring safe excreta disposal is an urgent priority in the disaster relief effort.
A simple method for filtering water to reduce the incidence of cholera was tested in a field trial in Matlab, Bangladesh, and proved
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