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This document provides a quick summary of the most important WASH related diseases for refugee settings and includes a list of recommended control strategies.
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F-200/2015a Summary of Important WASH Diseases in Refugee Settings (UNHCR, 2015)
Sphere Minimum Standards and Indicators for Humanitarian Response (SPHERE, 2011)
The Sphere Handbook is one of the most widely known and internationally recognized sets of common principles and universal minimum standards for the delivery of quality humanitarian response.
- Tags: Environment. Organisations: SPHERE.
UNHCR Global Strategy for Public Health 2014 – 2018 (UNHCR, 2014)
This document describes UNHCR’s global strategy for public health through a set of guiding principles and strategic approaches including protection; age, gender and diversity; equity; access; sustainability; community empowerment; appropriateness and reliability; partnerships and coordination; capacity building; communication and advocacy; integrated approaches; measurement and monitoring; and innovation. The document describes strategic objectives and enabling actions per sub-sector (Public Health, HIV and Reproductive Health, Food Security and Nutrition, and WASH).
Hepatitis E Response in Refugee Settings (UNHCR, 2015)
This brief is intended to highlight key elements of an effective response to an outbreak of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in refugee setting. It focuses on specific response actions, including the review of common risks associated with health, water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH). The overall implementation of response actions and mode of operation should be context specific, as highlighted by the examples given from Dadaab (Ifo) Kenya and South Sudan.
F-900/2015a UNHCR WASH Assessment Primer Questions (UNHCR, 2015)
These WASH related primer questions have been designed to assist UNHCR and WASH actors collect data from key informants and focus groups during WASH assessments. The list of questions is not exhaustive and is merely intended as a conversation primer (aide memoire).
- Tags: WASH Strategy Development and WASH Strategy Development. Categories: WASH Blank Forms, WASH Blank Forms, WASH Emergency Guidelines, WASH Emergency Guidelines, and WASH Emergency Tools.
UNHCR WASH Manual – Preliminary Version (UNHCR, 2015)
The UNHCR WASH Manual is a comprehensive and authoritative reference document for WASH interventions in refugee settings, built upon the experience of UNHCR and WASH organisations.
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