GWC Helpdesk
Contact GWC
This paper examines the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus in a humanitarian context, with a specific focus on water, sanitation and hygi
Of the two billion people worldwide lacking access to at least basic sanitation, seven out of ten live in rural areas (JMP 2019).
The key weaknesses identified in water infrastructure systems in urban and peri-urban areas in FCAS are:
Women and adolescent girls in disaster-prone and fragile contexts face many challenges.
Solid waste and faecal sludge management in situations of rapid mass displacement are important to public health an
Theories and strategies of social mobilization, capacity building, mass and interpersonal communication, as well as risk communicati
In a disaster context, where risk for diarrhoeal disease is elevated, personal hygiene, i.e.
For people affected by disaster, whether wars, earthquakes, or disease epidemics, conditions of life can change suddenly and in ways
The cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe between 2008-2009 also came against a backdrop of water and sanitation infrastructure issues that r
The devastating earthquake on 8 October 2005 caused the immediate death of more than 70,000 people with injury and displacement to m