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Pubescent girls face unique emotional barriers to returning to school after a disaster concerning water, sanitation and hygiene (WAS
This paper shares the experience of Action Against Hunger in Pakistan to look for solutions to help women address their individual n
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
The devastating earthquake of 2005 severely damaged over 4000 water and sanitation schemes in northern Pakistan.
The supply of adequate amounts of safe water for drinking and hygiene during natural disasters or armed conflict can be compromised
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