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For people affected by disaster, whether wars, earthquakes, or disease epidemics, conditions of life can change suddenly and in ways
In the aftermath of the unprecedented flooding in 2010 that devastated large areas of the country and directly affected over 20 mill
As recent emergencies have shown, there are still significant challenges in the timely provision of safe sanitation in natural disas
Point-of-use water treatment (PoUWT), such as boiling or chlorine disinfection, has long been recommended in emergencies.
This forum includes an update on learning and practice in relation to health and hygiene promotion, and community involvement in eme
In the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Oxfam’s Public Health Promotion team used a voucher programme to provide beneficiarie
After the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, thousands of agencies, organizations, and individual people tried to find ways to help the pe
Large-scale urban WASH programming requires different approaches to those normally employed in Oxfam emergency response activities.
The cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe between 2008-2009 also came against a backdrop of water and sanitation infrastructure issues that r
Emergency water treatment approaches relying on coagulation vary from centralised modular and portable ‘‘kits’’ to ‘‘