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Background: Handwashing with soap is critical for the prevention of diarrhoeal diseases and outbreak related diseases, including int
Background: Hygiene promotion is a cornerstone of humanitarian response during infectious disease outbreaks.
The rapid influx of Rohingya refugees into Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, has led to the formation of huge camps, built on difficult terra
Engaging communities in humanitarian programming is key to ensuring their participation in decision-making that affects them as outl
Within Oxfam, we continue to question how we could have better integrated gender equality in the Ebola response, and how to improve
The world is witnessing the highest levels of forced human displacement on record, leading to people being housed in urban centres a
After the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, Oxfam carried out various activities to improve WASH facilities for communit
For people affected by disaster, whether wars, earthquakes, or disease epidemics, conditions of life can change suddenly and in ways
Household water treatment (HWTS) methods, such as boiling or chlorination, have long been recommended in emergencies.
As recent emergencies have shown, there are still significant challenges in the timely provision of safe sanitation in natural disas