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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
Legal principles and moral obligations that guarantee the basic needs of people living in humanitarian crisis situations (HCSs) pred
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
Objective To investigate the concentration of residual chlorine in drinking water supplies in refugee camps, South Sudan, March–Apri
This paper aims to understand the value of collaboration in a ‘state of emergency’ situation, featuring the case of the water, sanit
The cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe between 2008-2009 also came against a backdrop of water and sanitation infrastructure issues that r
Sanitation is an issue often neglected in development decision making.
This paper describes the potential of ecological sanitation (ecosan), and in particular of urine-diversion dehydrating (UDD) toilets