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Globally, cholera epidemics continue to challenge disease control.
Camps are places of refuge for people fleeing conflict and disaster, but they can be dangerous, especially for women and girls.
Poor lighting at water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities may reduce the usage of latrines and other services such as bathing
Lighting should be provided for WASH facilities in Humanitarian contexts according to several standards.
Background: Refugees are at high risk for communicable diseases due to overcrowding and poor water, sanitation,
Mainstreaming gender in an emergency water and sanitation (WatSan) response can be difficult as standard consultations and participa
In this paper, we argue for including a full hygiene promotion intervention as an early part of emergency response.
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