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The Zimbabwean government and a number of organisations responded in various ways to the devastation done by Cyclone Idai, which occ
In 2019, 30,000 people were forced to leave their homes due to conflict, persecution, and natural disaster each day.
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) are often predisposed to infectious diseases because of the temporary nature of their abode whic
Adequate environmental health services are critical for human rights, health, and development, especially in the context of forced d
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
Most households in the districts of Sri Lanka affected by the tsunami possessed drinking water wells, and these wells were contamina
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