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Cholera remains a significant threat to global public health with an estimated 100,000 deaths per year.
Dispensers are a source-based water quality intervention with promising uptake results in development contexts.
Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions are amongst the most crucial in humanitarian crises, although the impact of the
Appropriate and adequate sanitation solutions are crucial for the protection of human and environmental health in emergencies.
This briefing paper presents a case study of a Peepoo implementation in first phase humanitarian response.
Locally manufactured sodium hypochlorite (chlorine) solution has been sold in Zimbabwe since 2010.
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that improving water, sanitation and hygiene could prevent at least 9.1% of the global
When water supplies are compromised during an emergency, responders often recommend household water treatment and safe storage (HWTS
Household water treatment (HWTS) methods, such as boiling or chlorination, have long been recommended in emergencies.
As recent emergencies have shown, there are still significant challenges in the timely provision of safe sanitation in natural disas