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Protracted armed conflicts in the Middle East and Africa are heavily impacting the infrastructure of basic services such as water, e
Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic poses a grave threat to refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).
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
Effective menstrual management is essential for the mental and physical well-being of women.
After a series of earthquakes devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 12 January 2010, safe excreta disposal became an urgent priority.
Point-of-use (POU) water treatment with sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) has been proven to reduce diarrheal disease in de
This paper describes the potential of ecological sanitation (ecosan), and in particular of urine-diversion dehydrating (UDD) toilets
A number of organizations engaged in tanker trucks to deliver water to populations affected by the 2005 tsunami in Indonesia.
After emergency situations, aid agencies tend to implement sanitation systems that exhibit good principles for managing human excret