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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Lighting the Way: Lighting, sanitation and the risk of gender-based violence Omugo extension camp, Uganda

Humanitarian agencies strive to provide sanitation facilities which are safe, accessible and afford users privacy and dignity. Yet in reality, women in particular have many concerns which can prevent them from using the facilities, especially after dark.

Publication year: 2018    Reporting Agency: Oxfam and WEDC    Author(s): Fisher_J., Reed_B., Vidal_J., Sissons_C., Lafrenière_J., Hastie_R.

Sanitation practices and perceptions in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya: Comparing the status quo with a novel service-based approach

Globally, an estimated 2.5 billion people lack access to improved sanitation. Unimproved sanitation increases the risk of morbidity and mortality, especially in protracted refugee situ- ations where sanitation is based on pit latrine use.

Publication year: 2017    Reporting Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - CDC    Author(s): Nyoka_R., Foote_A., Woods_E., Lokey_H., O’Reilly_C., Magumba_F., Okello_P., Mintz_E., Marano_N., Morris_J.

Diarrhoeal disease outbreaks associated with sanitation provision failures in refugee camps worldwide: a literature review

The objective of this review is to identify sanitation failures that have contributed to the occurrence of diarrhoeal disease outbreaks among displaced populations living in camps.

Publication year: 2019    Reporting Agency: University of London    Author(s): Burnet_E., Rudge_J.

Menstrual Hygiene Management During Emergencies: A Study of Challenges Faced by Women and Adolescent Girls Living in Flood-prone Districts in Assam

Women and adolescent girls in disaster-prone and fragile contexts face many challenges. This study brings out various cultural and logistical issues faced by women and adolescent girls in taking care of their menstrual hygiene needs during floods.

Publication year: 2019    Reporting Agency: Sikun Relief Foundation    Author(s): Bhattacharjee_M.

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.

Social and feminist design in emergency contexts: the Women’s Social Architecture Project, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

The rapid influx of Rohingya refugees into Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, has led to the formation of huge camps, built on difficult terrain, short of space and with high population density.

Publication year: 2019    Reporting Agency: Oxfam    Author(s): Farrington_M.

Broad approaches to cholera control in Asia: Water sanitation and handwashing

Cholera has been eliminated as a public health problem in high-income countries that have implemented sanitation system separating the community’s fecal waste from their drinking water and food supply.

Publication year: 2019    Reporting Agency: Stanford University    Author(s): Luby_S., Davis_J., Brown_R., Gorelick_S., Wong_T.

Gender and Sanitation Tool for Displaced Populations

This tool is meant to be used in the first and second stage of an emergency response where there is no time to implement a comprehensive consultation and participation process.

Publication year: 2013    Reporting Agency: Médecins Sans Frontières - MSF    Author(s): Medecins Sans Frontieres