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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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.