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Pubescent girls face unique emotional barriers to returning to school after a disaster concerning water, sanitation and hygiene (WAS
The current Sphere guideline for water chlorination in humanitarian emergencies fails to reliably ensure household water safety in r
Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic poses a grave threat to refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).
MSF has intervened recently in several contexts where large-scale surface water treatment has been a significant feature of the WatS
During the initial phase of the 2014–2016 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in Monrovia, Liberia, all hospitals’ isolation capaciti
The reliance on chlorination in humanitarian operations has raised concerns among practitioners about possible health risks associat
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
Post-disaster relief and recovery operations seldom focus on women’s priorities regarding menstrual hygiene.
This paper aims to understand the value of collaboration in a ‘state of emergency’ situation, featuring the case of the water, sanit