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Background In October 2010, Haiti was struck by a large-scale cholera epidemic.
Decision Making and the Use of Guidance on Sanitation Systems and Faecal Sludge Management in the First Phase of Rapid-Onset Emergen
This discussion paper summarizes the results and implications of a study commissioned by the World Bank to conduct
Legal principles and moral obligations that guarantee the basic needs of people living in humanitarian crisis situations (HCSs) pred
This paper aims to understand the value of collaboration in a ‘state of emergency’ situation, featuring the case of the water, sanit
In this research, three faecal sludge sanitizing methods—lactic acid fermentation, urea treatment and lime treatment—were studied fo
After the Ebola outbreak was declared in Sierra Leone, in June 2014, early messages about the high mortality rate of Ebola were met
Water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions can interrupt diarrhoeal disease transmission and reduce the burden of morbidity and mo
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