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Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic poses a grave threat to refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).
Cash is receiving a lot of attention globally and is currently being scaled-up at the highest level.
This article presents the experience of using the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach in a recent programme in Somalia an
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.