Water Treatment
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Learning from water treatment and hygiene interventions in response to a hepatitis E outbreak in an open setting in Chad
In September 2016, Médecins Sans Frontières responded to a hepatitis E (HEV) outbreak in Chad by implementing water treatment and hygiene interventions. To evaluate the coverage and use of these interventions, we conducted a cross-sectional study in the community. |
Point-of-use water treatment and diarrhoea reduction in the emergency context: an effectiveness trial in Liberia
Communicable diseases are of particular concern in conflict and disaster-affected populations that reside in camp settings. In the acute emergency phase, diarrhoeal diseases have accounted for more than 40% of deaths among camp residents. |
Demystifying Gender: Lessons Learned from the Implementation of Minimum Commitments fo Gender Programming in Emergency WASH Response - A Case Study from the DRC
Children under 18 can represent 50% or more of a crisis-affected population. |
Children under 18 can represent 50% or more of a crisis-affected population. |
Perceptions of health Communication, Water Treatment and Sanitation in Artibonite Department, Haiti, March-April 2012
The international response to Haiti’s ongoing cholera outbreak has been multifaceted, including health education efforts by community health workers and the distribution of free water treatment products. Artibonite Department was the first region affected by the outbreak. |
Guidance on communication with respect to safe drinking water and household hygiene Literature review, interviews and case studies
This document contains three sources of information: a literature review, a set of interviews with key informants, and a set of case studies. |
Effectiveness of chlorine dispensers in emergencies: case study results from Haiti, Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Senegal
Dispensers are a source-based water quality intervention with promising uptake results in development contexts. |
In 2016, the Technical Working Group (TWiG) of the national WaSH Cluster of South Sudan focused on water filter technologies in order to assess the suitability of the many filter products available for application in WaSH interventions within South Sudan. H |
The provision of safe water in adequate quantities is a basic necessity in emergencies to prevent the transmission of infectious diseases, and more specifically, the spread of waterborne diseases. |
After the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, Oxfam carried out various activities to improve WASH facilities for communities and additional activities that targeted the cholera outbreak. |