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Cash-based interventions are increasingly used in humanitarian response, including in the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sect
Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions provide dignity and prevent disease transmission.
Water chlorination is widely used in emergency responses to reduce diarrheal diseases, although communities with no prior exposure t
Background In October 2010, Haiti was struck by a large-scale cholera epidemic.
In order to ensure maximum consumer benefits (e.g.
Point-of-use (POU) water treatment with sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) has been proven to reduce diarrheal disease in de
Emergency water treatment approaches relying on coagulation vary from centralised modular and portable ‘‘kits’’ to ‘‘
A number of organizations engaged in tanker trucks to deliver water to populations affected by the 2005 tsunami in Indonesia.
The water supply of the rural coastal areas in Sri Lanka is provided by private open dug wells, most of which have been flooded by s