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Pubescent girls face unique emotional barriers to returning to school after a disaster concerning water, sanitation and hygiene (WAS
This background paper focuses on supporting sustainable, equitable and resilient water services over the short and long term during
Post-disaster relief and recovery operations seldom focus on women’s priorities regarding menstrual hygiene.
In order to ensure maximum consumer benefits (e.g.
After a series of earthquakes devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 12 January 2010, safe excreta disposal became an urgent priority.
Children under 18 can represent 50% or more of a crisis-affected population.
Emergency water treatment approaches relying on coagulation vary from centralised modular and portable ‘‘kits’’ to ‘‘
In peri-urban Monrovia, contaminated hand-dug wells were contributing to cholera outbreaks.