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Internally displaced persons (IDPs) are often predisposed to infectious diseases because of the temporary nature of their abode whic
This discussion paper summarizes the results and implications of a study commissioned by the World Bank to conduct
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
Theories and strategies of social mobilization, capacity building, mass and interpersonal communication, as well as risk communicati
This paper aims to understand the value of collaboration in a ‘state of emergency’ situation, featuring the case of the water, sanit
After a series of earthquakes devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 12 January 2010, safe excreta disposal became an urgent priority.
This paper describes the potential of ecological sanitation (ecosan), and in particular of urine-diversion dehydrating (UDD) toilets
After emergency situations, aid agencies tend to implement sanitation systems that exhibit good principles for managing human excret
In peri-urban Monrovia, contaminated hand-dug wells were contributing to cholera outbreaks.