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Hygiene Promotion should be considered as an essential part of any emergency operation involving the supply of safe water and provision of sanitation facilities. The Hygiene […]

Livelihoods are understood as the collective or set of capabilities, assets, and activities that are required to make a living, dependent on access to natural, human, […]

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, […]

INTRODUCTION New Ways of Promoting Safe Hygiene Why hygiene? Diarrhoea is one of the top three killer diseases in developing countries, claiming the lives of more […]

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 […]

Presentation Plan: 1. Damascus City Water Sources. 2. The Situation of water services during crisis. 3. Damascus Water Emergency Response Plan. 4. Lessons Learned. The situation of water services during […]

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 […]

The purpose of these exercises is to draw on the participants’ existing knowledge and experience and assess their understanding of how diarrhoea, malaria or other water […]

Introduction: The consumption of water and the generation of human waste are such commonplace aspects of human life that planning for the appropriate use or removal […]

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 […]