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Mainstreaming gender in an emergency water and sanitation (WatSan) response can be difficult as standard consultations and participa
After the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, Oxfam carried out various activities to improve WASH facilities for communit
In this paper, we argue for including a full hygiene promotion intervention as an early part of emergency response.
When water supplies are compromised during an emergency, responders often recommend household water treatment and safe storage (HWTS
Médecins Sans Frontières-Operational Centre Amsterdam piloted the distribution of household disinfection kits (HDKs) and health prom
In a disaster context, where risk for diarrhoeal disease is elevated, personal hygiene, i.e.
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
Refugee populations often flee with very little belongings and lack appropriate hygiene infrastructure in an environment that is unf