Sanitation

Effective sanitation practices are necessary for a safe environment. Sanitation is more than building latrines, and sanitation can also include: desludging, Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) and community approach for Total Sanitation (CATS), latrine alternatives (i.e. Peepoo® bags), temporary latrines, wastewater management, or bathing areas.
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Community-Led Total Sanitation, Open Defecation Free Status, and Ebola Virus Disease in Lofa County, Liberia

The  Ebola  virus  disease  (EVD)  epidemic  entered  Liberia  through  Lofa  County  in  February  2014  and  spread  to  two  health  districts  where  the nongovernmental  organization  Global  Communities  had  been  implementing  community-led  total  sani

Publication year: 2017    Reporting Agency: Jean Capps Associates    Author(s): Capps_J., Njiru_H., de Vries_P.

Open Defecation Status, Community-Led Total Sanitation and Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Voinjama and Kolahun Health Districts, Lofa County, Liberia (2014)

The Improved Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (IWASH) program  implemented Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) in counties of Liberia to analyze the relationship between Open Defectation Free (ODF) status with the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).

Publication year: 2015    Reporting Agency: Global Communities    Author(s): Meyer Capps_J., Njiru_H.

Impact and adaptation to flood: A focus on water supply, sanitation and health problems of rural community in Bangladesh

This paper intends to examine the impacts of flood on water supply and sanitation condition along with flood induced health problems in a rural community of Bangladesh. It also aims to explore a rural community’s adaptation approaches to flood.

Publication year: 2010    Reporting Agency: Bangladesh University    Author(s): Shimi_A., Parvin_G., Biswas_C., Shaw_R.

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.

Compedium of Sanitation Technologies in Emergencies 1st edition

 

   
Publication year: 2018    Reporting Agency: German WASH Network, Eawag, WASH Cluster, and Sustainable Sanitation Alliance    Author(s): Gensch_R., Jennings_A., Renggli_S., Reymond_P.