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The provision of safe water and adequate sanitation facilities to communities is a key part of Save the Children’s work in emergenci
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
After the Ebola outbreak was declared in Sierra Leone, in June 2014, early messages about the high mortality rate of Ebola were met
Diarrhea and acute respiratory infections account for nearly 30% of deaths among children displaced by humanitarian emergencies.
Children under 18 can represent 50% or more of a crisis-affected population.
This factsheet addresses current developments, challenges, gaps and solutions in the planning and implementation fo sustainable sani
After a series of earthquakes devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 12 January 2010, safe excreta disposal became an urgent priority.
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