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Appropriate and adequate sanitation solutions are crucial for the protection of human and environmental health in emergencies.
This technical briefing note documents the current knowledge on Hepatitis E transmission routes and discusses the issues on the pote
Mount Sinabung erupted in September 2013, causing the mass evacuation of more than 30,000 people.
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
When the Asian tsunami struck the Andaman Islands, nearly 7,000 people were relocated in six camps.
In peri-urban Monrovia, contaminated hand-dug wells were contributing to cholera outbreaks.