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Internally displaced persons (IDPs) are often predisposed to infectious diseases because of the temporary nature of their abode whic
Displaced adolescent girls and women face many challenges managing their monthly menstrual flow with dignity.
In September 2016, Médecins Sans Frontières responded to a hepatitis E (HEV) outbreak in Chad by implementing water treatment and hy
Legal principles and moral obligations that guarantee the basic needs of people living in humanitarian crisis situations (HCSs) pred
There is a significant gap in empirical evidence on the menstrual hygiene management (MHM) challenges faced by adolescent girls and
Global attention on improving the integration of menstrual hygiene management (MHM) into humanitarian response is growing.
This paper aims to understand the value of collaboration in a ‘state of emergency’ situation, featuring the case of the water, sanit
Over the last 15 years there has been increasing attention to adolescent girls' and women's menstrual hygiene management (MHM) needs
Following the Asian tsunami of 26 December 2004, the vital domestic fresh-water wells in the coastal zone were either scoured out of
This paper describes the potential of ecological sanitation (ecosan), and in particular of urine-diversion dehydrating (UDD) toilets