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.