Hygiene

Hygiene programming includes specific messaging and information sharing, in addition to considering who is targeted and how beneficiaries are equipped and engaged. Example hygiene projects include: handwashing promotion, menstrual health management (MHM), media messaging strategies, general promotion or sensitization, community health worker activities, and non-food item distributions, like hygiene kits or soap distributions.
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A pilot study of a portable hand washing station for recently displaced refugees during an acute emergency in Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State, Ethiopia

Diarrheal disease is a common cause of morbidity and mortality. Displaced populations are especially vulnerable due to overcrowded camps and limited access to water and sanitation facilities, increasing the risk for outbreaks.

Publication year: 2015    Reporting Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - CDC    Author(s): Husain_F., Hardy_C., Zekele_L., Clatworthy_D., Blanton_C., Handzel_T.

Assessment of water, sanitation and hygiene interventions in response to an outbreak of typhoid fever in Neno District, Malawi

On May 2, 2009 an outbreak of typhoid fever began in rural villages along the Malawi-Mozambique border resulting in 748 illnesses and 44 deaths by September 2010.

Publication year: 2018    Reporting Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - CDC    Author(s): Bennett_S., Lowther_S., Chingoli_F., Chilima_B., Kabuluzi_S., Ayers_T., Warne_T., Mintz_E.

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.

Health education and promotion at the site of an emergency: experience from the Chinese Wenchuan earthquake response

Theories and strategies of social mobilization, capacity building, mass and interpersonal communication, as well as risk communication and behavioral change were used to develop health education and promotion campaigns to decrease and prevent injuries and infectious diseases among the survivors o

Publication year: 2016    Reporting Agency: Furdan University    Author(s): Tian_X., Zhao_G., Cao_D., Wang_D., Wang_L.

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.

Hygiene promotion in emergencies: A fortuitous comparison The case of Bentiu IDP Camps, Unity state, South Sudan

In this paper, we argue for including a full hygiene promotion intervention as an early part of emergency response.

Publication year: 2014    Reporting Agency: Concern Worldwide    Author(s): Flachenberg_F.

Evaluation of a Rapid Cholera Response Activity—Nyanza Province, Kenya, 2008

Background. In response to recurrent cholera outbreaks in Nyanza Province, Kenya, a local nongovernmental organization assisted the Ministry of Health by providing cholera education activities to some cholera-affected communities.

Publication year: 2013    Reporting Agency: SWAP    Author(s): Date_K., Person_B., Nygren_B., Were_V., Kola_S., Ayers_T., Quick_R.

Impact of different promotional channels on handwashing behaviour in an emergency context: Haiti post-earthquake public health promotions and cholera response

In a disaster context, where risk for diarrhoeal disease is elevated, personal hygiene, i.e. handwashing with soap, is especially relevant. However, to date, the promotion of hygiene in an emergency context has not been adequately addressed in the literature.

Publication year: 2013    Reporting Agency: Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology    Author(s): Contzen_N., Mosler_H.

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.