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The most important information concerning WASH and the COVID-19 virus is summarized here.
Background: Diarrhea and acute respiratory infections (ARI) account for 30% of deaths among children displaced due
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
Mount Sinabung erupted in September 2013, causing the mass evacuation of more than 30,000 people.
This factsheet addresses current developments, challenges, gaps and solutions in the planning and implementation fo sustainable sani
In July 2007, a study by the Centre for Environmental Health Engineering, at the University of Surrey, assessed a modified method of
There is currently limited public information available concerning methods for the selection of appropriate water trea
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