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Community-based volunteers are individuals chosen by the community, who have been trained by Red Cross Red Crescent National Societies in various fields such as disaster preparedness, […]

Hardware and software in water and sanitation programming Lack of access to safe water, basic sanitation and poor hygiene practices are a major cause of disease […]

This study has found that displaced people from the Tigray region in Eastern Sudan experience extreme challenges to manage incontinence. They lack access to the right […]

This study was commissioned by French Red Cross and Solomon Islands Red Cross and funded by USAID/OFDA to better understand the communities they are working in, […]

A WASH preventive and preparedness approach will be taken to addressing cholera outbreaks in the endemic hotspots urban areas of Cape Coast Municipal areas. The project […]

Objective The project aims to increase water security to improve the health status and resilience of urban and peri-urban communities in Ghana, better preparing them for […]

Urban population is highly reliant on services to meet their essential needs and therefore is highly vulnerable to a disruption in service delivery, which often occurs […]

Background (the challenge) WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) is crucial to human dignity, it is a vital element of preventive and public health and can contribute […]

Context Traditionally, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programming in the Red Cross Red Crescent network has focused on the needs of rural communities. With the increase […]

Sanitation Quality Standards for Emergencies The Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) Technical Working Group (TWiG) of the Global WASH Cluster has taken the initiative to create new […]

Every day, more than 100,000 people move to slums in the developing world – that’s one person every second. Nearly 1.5 billion people currently live in […]

Contents What was the 3FM programme? Selection of key results: health seeking behaviour and direct protective practices (breastfeeding, handwashing with soap, indoor air pollution and vaccination) […]

The 3FM Pneumonia programme was a flagship integrated community health programme implemented in 5 countries (Ethiopia, Mali, Sudan, Zambia, and Cote d’Ivoire) with support of the […]

Sixty per cent of known infectious diseases and 75 per cent of emerging infectious diseases originate in domestic animals and wildlife. Epidemics begin and end in […]

Recent large-scale epidemics and pandemics (e.g. measles, COVID-19) have demonstrated that it takes an inclusive and collaborative effort engaging communities as full-fledged partners to effectively prevent, […]

Epidemic prevention, preparedness, early action and response is a top priority for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). Containing an epidemic […]

This learning document is a collection of experiences from Red Cross Red Crescent National Societies in menstrual hygiene management (MHM). Experiences from both emergency contexts and […]

One WASH promotes a common yet adaptable approach for Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies to establish large-scale, long-term and integrated public health and water, […]