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Background: Diarrhea and acute respiratory infections (ARI) account for 30% of deaths among children displaced due
The provision of safe water and adequate sanitation facilities to communities is a key part of Save the Children’s work in emergenci
Legal principles and moral obligations that guarantee the basic needs of people living in humanitarian crisis situations (HCSs) pred
This paper aims to understand the value of collaboration in a ‘state of emergency’ situation, featuring the case of the water, sanit
Effective menstrual management is essential for the mental and physical well-being of women.
Children under 18 can represent 50% or more of a crisis-affected population.
Water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions can interrupt diarrhoeal disease transmission and reduce the burden of morbidity and mo
In order to ensure maximum consumer benefits (e.g.
Emergency water treatment approaches relying on coagulation vary from centralised modular and portable ‘‘kits’’ to ‘‘
This paper describes the potential of ecological sanitation (ecosan), and in particular of urine-diversion dehydrating (UDD) toilets