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Environmental Hygiene

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  • Environmental hygiene (46)
    • Env. Hygiene - other (19)
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Environmental hygiene is critical to ensure a safe local environment for disaster-affected populations. These projects could include vector control activities, like rubbish collection and disposal, site improvements and drainage, or community chlorine spraying during disease outbreaks.
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UNICEF Cholera Toolkit

The UNICEF Cholera Toolkit provides UNICEF staff and partners with practical resources to implement  an integrated approach to cholera prevention, preparedness and response.  It addresses water, hygiene and sanitation, health and communication for development (

Publication year: 2013    Reporting Agency: UNICEF    Author(s): UNICEF

Violence, Gender & Wash: A Practitioner's Toolkit – Making water, sanitation and hygiene safer through improved programming and services

This toolkit has been developed in response to an acknowledgement that although the lack of access to appropriate water, sanitation and hygiene services (WASH) is not the root cause of violence, it can lead to increased vulnerabilities to violence of varying fo

Publication year: 2014    Reporting Agency: WaterAid    Author(s): House_S., Ferron_S., Sommer_M., Cavill_S.

Compendium of Sanitation Technologies in Emergencies - 2nd Edition

Appropriate and adequate sanitation solutions are crucial for the protection of human and environmental health in emergencies.

Publication year: 2014    Reporting Agency: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology - Eawag    Author(s): Tilley_E., Ulrich_L., Lüthi_C., Reymond_P., Schertenleib_R., Zurbrügg, C.

Excreta Disposal in Emergencies: A Field Manual

It is generally accepted that excreta disposal is given less priority in emergencies than other humanitarian interventions such as healthcare, food and water supply.

Publication year: 2007    Reporting Agency: Water Engineering and Development Centre - Loughborough University    Author(s): Harvey_P.

Surface water in temporary humanitarian settlements

In the Humanitarian Innovation Fund Gap Analysis for water, sanitation, and hygiene issues, field staff identified environmental management of surface water as an area of concern, although this was not reflected at a head office level.

Publication year: 2017    Reporting Agency: Loughborough University, WEDC    Author(s): Reed_B.

Minimizing the Risk of Disease Transmission in Emergency Settings: Novel In Situ Physico-Chemical Disinfection of Pathogen-Laden Hospital Wastewaters

The operation of a health care facility, such as a cholera or Ebola treatment center in an emergency setting, results in the production of pathogen-laden wastewaters that may potentially lead to onward transmission of the disease.

Publication year: 2015    Reporting Agency: University of Brighton    Author(s): Sozzi_E., Fabre_K., Fesselet_J., Ebdon_J., Taylor_H.

Water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions in outbreak response: a synthesis of evidence

Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions are key to reducing the burden of disease associated with outbreaks, and are commonly implemented in emergency response. However, there is a lack of summarized evidence on the efficacy and effectiveness of these interventions.

Publication year: 2018    Reporting Agency: Tufts University    Author(s): Yates_T., Vujcic_J., Joseph_M., Gallandat_K., Lantagne_D.

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Innovation Catalogue: A Collection of Innovations for the Humanitarian Sector

Over the last few years, we have heavily invested in funding and supporting innovation and research in the WASH sector, highlighting gaps in evidence, exploring the problems, identifying opportunities where innovation can play a vital role, and funding the righ

Publication year: 2019    Reporting Agency: Elrha    Author(s): Elrha

The Application of Ecological Sanitation for Excreta Disposal in Disaster Relief Open Primary tabs configuration options Primary tabs

When responding to an emergency situation, ensuring safe excreta disposal is an urgent priority in the disaster relief effort. Depending on the environment, not all methods of sanitation are appropriate, so methods such as ecological sanitation (Ecosan) must be employed.

Publication year: 2012    Reporting Agency: Institute of Wastewater Management and Water Protection, Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg    Author(s): Kinstedt_K.

Stopping Ebola in its Tracks: A Community-Led Response

This publication highlights Global Communities' response to the Ebola outbreak and describes the process of adaptation, collaboration and partnership which helped the response to be successful, detailing challenges the led to further adaptation.

Publication year: 2015    Reporting Agency: Global Communities    Author(s): Global Communities

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