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Background: There is growing attention to addressing the menstrual hygiene management (MHM) needs of the over 21 million displaced a
The Guidance Note: Integrating Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) into Ebola Response aims to provide streamlined guidance and pract
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) are often predisposed to infectious diseases because of the temporary nature of their abode whic
Introduction A cholera epidemic began in Haiti over 8 years ago, prompting numerous, largely quantitative research studies.
Decision Making and the Use of Guidance on Sanitation Systems and Faecal Sludge Management in the First Phase of Rapid-Onset Emergen
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
Recent investigations into the March 2003 outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong have concluded that environmental factors played an importan
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