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Despite documented health benefits of household water treatment and storage (HWTS), achieving sustained use remains challenging.
Camps are places of refuge for people fleeing conflict and disaster, but they can be dangerous, especially for women and girls.
Poor lighting at water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities may reduce the usage of latrines and other services such as bathing
Lighting should be provided for WASH facilities in Humanitarian contexts according to several standards.
The operation of a health care facility, such as a cholera or Ebola treatment center in an emergency setting, results in the product
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
As recent emergencies have shown, there are still significant challenges in the timely provision of safe sanitation in natural disas
When responding to an emergency situation, ensuring safe excreta disposal is an urgent priority in the disaster relief effort.
After the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, thousands of agencies, organizations, and individual people tried to find ways to help the pe