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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WASH activities at two Ebola treatment units in Sierra Leone

Purpose. The 2014 outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa was the largest in history. Starting in September 2014, International Medical Corps (IMC) operated five Ebola treatment units (ETUs) in Sierra Leone and Liberia.

Publication year: 2018    Reporting Agency: International Medical Corps    Author(s): Mallow_M., Gary_L., Jeng_T., Bongomin_B., Aschkenasy_M., Wallis_P., Cranmer_H., Debasu_E., Levine_A.

Community-Centered Responses to Ebola in Urban Liberia:The View from Below

Background. The West African Ebola epidemic has demonstrated that the existing range of medical and epidemiological responses to emerging disease outbreaks is insufficient, especially in post-conflict contexts with exceedingly poor healthcare infrastructures.

Publication year: 2015    Reporting Agency: University of Florida    Author(s): Abramowitz_S., McLean_K., McKune_S., Bardosh_K., Fallah_M., Monger_J., Tehoungue_K., Omidian_P.

Social Science in Epidemics: Cholera lessons learned

This report is the first installment of the ‘Social Science in Epidemics’ series, commissioned by the USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Direct Assistance (OFDA).

Publication year: 2018    Reporting Agency: USAID_OFDA    Author(s): Ripoll_S., Wilkinson_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.

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.