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Introduction: The major aim of hand washing promotion programs is to persuade people to change their behaviour to reduce high-risk h
Background In October 2010, Haiti was struck by a large-scale cholera epidemic.
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
Menstrual hygiene is a vital as well as a very sensitive issue for women in reproductive ages.
An immediate need and vital resource, potable water becomes critical in the aftermath of a disaster; affected communities cannot rec
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