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Publisher: UNHCR Year: 2017 Description: This document describes UNHCR’s five principles linking WASH, protection, and accountability. It highlights the protection and accountability challenges that relate to WASH issues in refugee contexts. The document also provides case studies to high these principles in action and a checklist that can be used for safety and security.
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WASH, Protection and Accountability (UNHCR, 2017)
WASH Nutrition
A practical guidebook on increasing nutritional impact through integration of WASH and Nutrition programmes. It is meant for practitioners in humanitarian and development contexts.
- Locations: Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Central Asia, Europe, Middle East, and South-West Asia. Organisations: ACF and UNICEF.
UNHCR WASH MANUAL Part 1: Programme Guidance
The UNHCR WASH Manual Part 1: Programme Guidance, provides practical guidance for WASH programmes in refugee settings.
- Tags: Camp Closure, camp management, CASH Interventions, Cold Climates, and WASH Reporting. Categories: WASH Manual.
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 and 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).
- Tags: Capacity Building, Capacity Building, Capacity Building, Capacity Building, Gender Based Violence, Gender Based Violence, Gender Based Violence, Gender Based Violence, Value for Money, and Value for Money. Categories: WASH Guidelines, WASH Operational Guidelines, WASH Operational Guidelines, WASH Policy Guidelines, WASH Policy Guidelines, WASH Policy Guidelines, and WASH Policy Guidelines.
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).
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.
- Tags: Bloody Diarrhoea, Communicable Disease Control, Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), Desludging and Excreta Transportation, Excreta / Urine ReUse, Excreta Composting, Hygiene Behaviour Change, Landfill Management, Malaria, Medical Waste Management, Menstruation Hygiene Management, Menstruation Hygiene Management, Menstruation Hygiene Management, Public Health, Public Health, Public Health, Public Health, Sewerage and Excreta Conveyance, Waste Recycling , Reuse and Reduction, Water Prospection and Investigation, Water Pumping, Water Safety Plans, Water Safety Plans, and Watery Diarrhoea.
Handbook for Emergencies – Third Edition (UNHCR, 2007)
The UNHCR Handbook for Emergencies is a comprehensive and authoritative reference document for refugee settings, built upon the experience of UNHCR and partner organisations.
- Tags: Bathing Facilities, Bathing Facilities, Bathing Facilities, Boreholes, Boreholes, Bulk Water Treatment, Bulk Water Treatment, Child Friendly Facilities, Child Friendly Facilities, Child Friendly Facilities, Child Friendly Facilities, Communal Toilets, Communal Toilets, Communal Toilets, Cross Cutting, Cross Cutting, Cross Cutting, Cross Cutting, Cross Cutting, Cross Cutting, Disability, Disability, Disability, Disability, Disability, Disease Vector Control, Disease Vector Control, Disease Vector Control, Disease Vector Control, Drainage, Drainage, Drainage, Drilling, Drilling, Excreta Management, Excreta Management, Excreta Management, Excreta Management, Excreta Management, Excreta Management, Excreta Treatment, Excreta Treatment, Gender, Gender, Gender, Gender, Gender, Gender, Grey Water Disposal, Grey Water Disposal, Grey Water Disposal, Hand Dug Wells, Hand Dug Wells, Handpumps, Handpumps, Handwashing with Soap, Handwashing with Soap, Handwashing with Soap, Household Toilets, Household Toilets, Household Water Treatment, Household Water Treatment, Household Water Treatment, Hygiene Promotion, Hygiene Promotion, Hygiene Promotion, Hygiene Promotion, Hygiene Promotion, Hygiene Promotion, Laundering Facilities, Laundering Facilities, Laundering Facilities, Piped Water Networks, Piped Water Networks, Piped Water Networks, Protection, Protection, Protection, Protection, Protection, Protection, Protection, Protection, Rainwater Harvesting, Rainwater Harvesting, Solid Waste Management, Solid Waste Management, Solid Waste Management, Solid Waste Management, Solid Waste Management, Spring Protection, Spring Protection, WASH Assessments, WASH Assessments, WASH Assessments, WASH Assessments, WASH Assessments, WASH Assessments, WASH Coordination, WASH Coordination, WASH Coordination, WASH Coordination, WASH Coordination, WASH Coordination, WASH Monitoring, WASH Monitoring, WASH Monitoring, WASH Monitoring, WASH Monitoring, WASH Monitoring, WASH Monitoring, WASH Programme Health and Safety, WASH Programme Health and Safety, WASH Programme Health and Safety, WASH Programme Health and Safety, WASH Programme Health and Safety, WASH Programme Management, WASH Programme Management, WASH Programme Management, WASH Programme Management, Water Quality Testing and Surveillance, Water Quality Testing and Surveillance, Water Quality Testing and Surveillance, Water Storage, Water Storage, Water Supply, Water Supply, Water Supply, Water Supply, Water Supply, Water Supply, Water Tankering, and Water Tankering. Languages: English, English, English, English, English, English, English, and English. Organisations: UNHCR, UNHCR, UNHCR, UNHCR, UNHCR, and UNHCR. Categories: WASH Reference Documents, WASH Reference Documents, WASH Reference Documents, WASH Reference Documents, WASH Reference Documents, WASH Reference Documents, WASH Reference Documents, and WASH Reference Documents.