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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
The provision of safe water and adequate sanitation facilities to communities is a key part of Save the Children’s work in emergenci
Handwashing practices prove to be an effective and easy way of ensuring the health of populations affected by emergencies and humani
The provision of safe water in adequate quantities is a basic necessity in emergencies to prevent the transmission of infectious dis
Children under 18 can represent 50% or more of a crisis-affected population.
After a series of earthquakes devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 12 January 2010, safe excreta disposal became an urgent priority.
After the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, thousands of agencies, organizations, and individual people tried to find ways to help the pe
The cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe between 2008-2009 also came against a backdrop of water and sanitation infrastructure issues that r
In peri-urban Monrovia, contaminated hand-dug wells were contributing to cholera outbreaks.