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The most important information concerning WASH and the COVID-19 virus is summarized here.
Cholera has been eliminated as a public health problem in high-income countries that have implemented sanitation system separating t
In September 2016, Médecins Sans Frontières responded to a hepatitis E (HEV) outbreak in Chad by implementing water treatment and hy
Lighting should be provided for WASH facilities in Humanitarian contexts according to several standards.
In 2016, the Technical Working Group (TWiG) of the national WaSH Cluster of South Sudan focused on water filter t
In the Humanitarian Innovation Fund Gap Analysis for water, sanitation, and hygiene issues, field staff identified environmental man
In a disaster context, where risk for diarrhoeal disease is elevated, personal hygiene, i.e.
For people affected by disaster, whether wars, earthquakes, or disease epidemics, conditions of life can change suddenly and in ways
Point-of-use (POU) water treatment with sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) has been proven to reduce diarrheal disease in de
A number of organizations engaged in tanker trucks to deliver water to populations affected by the 2005 tsunami in Indonesia.