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Pubescent girls face unique emotional barriers to returning to school after a disaster concerning water, sanitation and hygiene (WAS
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) are often predisposed to infectious diseases because of the temporary nature of their abode whic
Legal principles and moral obligations that guarantee the basic needs of people living in humanitarian crisis situations (HCSs) pred
Post-disaster relief and recovery operations seldom focus on women’s priorities regarding menstrual hygiene.
This paper aims to understand the value of collaboration in a ‘state of emergency’ situation, featuring the case of the water, sanit
When responding to an emergency situation, ensuring safe excreta disposal is an urgent priority in the disaster relief effort.
Point-of-use (POU) water treatment with sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) has been proven to reduce diarrheal disease in de
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
A number of organizations engaged in tanker trucks to deliver water to populations affected by the 2005 tsunami in Indonesia.