Environmental Hygiene

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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Solid Waste and Faecal Sludge Management in Situations of Rapid, Mass Displacement

Solid  waste  and  faecal  sludge  management  in  situations  of  rapid  mass  displacement  are  important  to  public  health  and  providing  for  a  betterenvironment.Despite  this,  both  have  been  neglected  in  WASH  programmes,  which  tend  to  have  a  focus  on  water.  Howeverincre

Publication year: 2017    Reporting Agency: Institute of Development Studies    Author(s): Rohwerder_B.

Gap Analysis in Emergency Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion

The emergency Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion (WASH) gap analysis project was funded by The Humanitarian  Innovation Fund (HIF), a program managed by Enhancing Learning and Research for Humanitarian Assistance (ELRHA) in partnership with the Active Learning Network for Accountability and

Publication year: 2013    Reporting Agency: Oxfam    Author(s): Bastable_A., Lamb_J.

A Review of the Evidence Base for WASH interventions in Emergency Responses

Inadequate sanitation, inadequate water supplies and poor hygiene are critical determinants for survival of victims of natural disasters and conflict situations, especially in the initial stages of a disaster.

Publication year: 2009    Reporting Agency: Atkins    Author(s): Parkinson_J.

Container contamination as a possible source of a diarrhoea outbreak in Abou Shouk camp, Darfur province, Sudan

Diarrhoea is one of the five major causes of death in an emergency setting and one of the three main causes of death in children (Curtis and Cairncross, 2003). In June 2004, an outbreak of shigellosis was confirmed in Abou Shouk camp in the Northern Darfur province of Sudan.

Publication year: 2005    Reporting Agency: Oxfam    Author(s): Walden_V., Lamond_E., Field_S.

Evidence on the Effectiveness of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Interventions on Health Outcomes in Humanitarian Crises: A Systematic Review

Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions are amongst the most crucial in humanitarian crises, although the impact of the different WASH interventions on health outcomes remains unclear.

Publication year: 2015    Reporting Agency: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine    Author(s): Ramesh_A., Blanchet_K., Ensink_J., Roberts_B.

Efficacy and effectiveness of water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions in emergencies in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review Open Primary tabs configuration options Primary tabs

There are increasing numbers of people affected by natural disasters, disease outbreaks, and conflict. Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions are used in nearly all emergency responses to help reduce disease risk.

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

Uptake of household disinfection kits as an additional measure in response to a cholera outbreak in urban areas of Haiti

Médecins Sans Frontières-Operational Centre Amsterdam piloted the distribution of household disinfection kits (HDKs) and health promotion sessions for cholera prevention in households of patients admitted to their cholera treatment centres in Carrefour, Port au Prince, Haiti, between December 201

Publication year: 2013    Reporting Agency: Médecins Sans Frontières - MSF    Author(s): Gartley_M., Valeh_P., de Lange_R., DiCarlo_S., Viscusi_A., Lenglet_A., Fesselet_J.

WASH Interventions in Disease Outbreak Response: Evidence Synthesis.

This evidence synthesis identifies, synthesizes and evaluates existing evidence of the impacts of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions in disease outbreaks in 51 humanitarian contexts in 19 low and middle-income countries.

Publication year: 2017    Reporting Agency: Tufts University    Author(s): Yates_T., Vujcic_J., Joseph_M., Gallandat_K., Lantagne_D.

Emergency WASH for Children, scoping study

Children under 18 can represent 50% or more of a crisis-affected population.

Publication year: 2014    Reporting Agency: Save the Children    Author(s): Ferron_S., Lloyd_A.

Urban WASH Lessons Learned from Post-Earthquake Response in Haiti

Large-scale urban WASH programming requires different approaches to those normally employed in Oxfam emergency response activities. This paper examines the lessons learned from the WASH response to the Haiti earthquake in January 2010.

Publication year: 2011    Reporting Agency: Oxfam GB    Author(s): Forster_T.