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Handwashing with soap is widely recognized as a key strategy for reducing the transmission of disease, particularly in emergency con
The current Sphere guideline for water chlorination in humanitarian emergencies fails to reliably ensure household water safety in r
Background. Children in humanitarian situations are particularly vulnerable to diseases such as diar- rhoea.
MSF has intervened recently in several contexts where large-scale surface water treatment has been a significant feature of the WatS
About a million Rohingyas have fled due to the ethnic cleansing in Myanmar and sought refuge in Bangladesh.
UNHCR estimates that the average time spent by a refugee in a camp is 10 years, while the average refugee camp remains for 26 years.
Supplying safe drinking water in humanitarian emergencies is critical, and source water chlorination is a commonly implemented inter
In humanitarian emergency settings there is need for low cost and rapidly deployable interventions to protect vulnerable children, i
Cholera continues to be a significant problem in humanitarian settings, with recent outbreaks in displaced populations in South Suda
The rapid influx of Rohingya refugees into Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, has led to the formation of huge camps, built on difficult terra