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This evidence synthesis identifies, synthesizes and evaluates existing evidence of the impacts of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WA
Diarrhea and acute respiratory infections account for nearly 30% of deaths among children displaced by humanitarian emergencies.
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that improving water, sanitation and hygiene could prevent at least 9.1% of the global
When water supplies are compromised during an emergency, responders often recommend household water treatment and safe storage (HWTS
The bacteriological quality of drinking-water supply of five major urban centres affected by the October 2005 earthquake in Pakistan
A simple method for filtering water to reduce the incidence of cholera was tested in a field trial in Matlab, Bangladesh, and proved
The cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe between 2008-2009 also came against a backdrop of water and sanitation infrastructure issues that r
Malaria control among nomadic populations has, in the past, posed serious logistic difficulties.