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Water chlorination is widely used in emergency responses to reduce diarrheal diseases, although communities with no prior exposure t
Appropriate and adequate sanitation solutions are crucial for the protection of human and environmental health in emergencies.
Menstrual hygiene is a vital as well as a very sensitive issue for women in reproductive ages.
When responding to an emergency situation, ensuring safe excreta disposal is an urgent priority in the disaster relief effort.
After a series of earthquakes devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 12 January 2010, safe excreta disposal became an urgent priority.
In peri-urban Monrovia, contaminated hand-dug wells were contributing to cholera outbreaks.