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This document contains materials to help UNHCR and WASH actors build post emergency household pour flush toilet and bathing units with septic tanks and drain fields in refugee settings.
- Tags: Drain Fields and Septic Tanks.
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D-404/2015a Household Pour Flush Toilet and Bathing Unit (Septic Tank, Drain Field) Design and BoQ (UNHCR, 2015)
F-200/2015a Summary of Important WASH Diseases in Refugee Settings (UNHCR, 2015)
This document provides a quick summary of the most important WASH related diseases for refugee settings and includes a list of recommended control strategies.
- Tags: Bloody Diarrhoea, Communicable Disease Control, and Watery Diarrhoea. Categories: WASH Blank Forms.
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: Disability, Environment, Household Water Treatment, WASH Programme Management, and Water Safety Plans. 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, Gender, Gender, Gender Based Violence, Gender Based Violence, Human Right to Water / Sanitation, Human Right to Water / Sanitation, Protection, Protection, Public Health, Public Health, Public Health, Value for Money, WASH Coordination, and WASH Coordination.
Excreta Disposal in Emergencies – A Field Manual (WEDC, 2007)
The purpose of the manual is to provide practical guidance on how to select, design, construct and maintain appropriate excreta disposal systems in emergency situations. Relevant situations include natural disasters, relief for refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), and complex emergencies, focusing on rural and peri-urban areas. The manual presents a process, which can be followed to assess the current excreta disposal needs and priorities, and to design an appropriate programme to respond to those needs. It can also be used to select appropriate excreta disposal technologies, systems, and hygiene promotion interventions. The manual provides guidance on how to plan, design and construct systems, and how to maintain and promote appropriate use of those systems.
- Tags: Communal Toilets, Communal Toilets, Desludging and Excreta Transportation, and Excreta Treatment. Organisations: WEDC.
Soap is not enough: handwashing practices and knowledge in refugee camps, Maban County, South Sudan (Buffalo University, 2012)
Refugees are at high risk for communicable diseases due to overcrowding and poor water, sanitation, and hygiene conditions. Handwashing with soap removes pathogens from hands and reduces disease risk. A hepatitis E outbreak in the refugee camps of Maban County, South Sudan in 2012 prompted increased hygiene promotion and improved provision of soap, handwashing stations, and latrines. We conducted a study 1 year after the outbreak to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of the refugees in Maban County.
- Locations: Africa, South Sudan, and Sudan and Chad Special Operational Region. Organisations: Buffalo University. Categories: WASH Research Documents.
D-403/2015a Household Toilet and Bathing Unit (Domed Slab, Alternating Pit, Raised Pit) Design and BoQ (UNHCR, 2015)
This document contains documentation to help UNHCR and WASH actors build household toilet and bathing units (domed slab) in refugee settings. The package includes: Technical Drawings; Step by Step Construction Drawings; Bills of Quantity; Material and Workmanship Specifications; and Design Calculations.
UNHCR Refugee WASH Standards and Indicators (UNHCR, 2018)
A summary of UNHCR water, excreta management, solid waste management, disease vector control and hygiene promotion standards and indicators for emergency and post emergency refugee settings including means of verification.
- Tags: Disease Vector Control, Disease Vector Control, Disease Vector Control, Drainage, Drainage, Solid Waste Management, Solid Waste Management, WASH Assessments, WASH Assessments, WASH Monitoring, WASH Monitoring, WASH Monitoring, WASH Strategy Development, WASH Strategy Development, Water Quality Testing and Surveillance, and Water Quality Testing and Surveillance. Categories: WASH Indicators and Standards.
D-700/2015a Emergency Communal Shower Block (Wood and Plastic) Design and BoQ (UNHCR, 2015)
This document contains documentation to help UNHCR and WASH actors install emergency communal shower blocks (wood and plastic) in refugee settings. The package includes: Technical Drawings; Step by Step Construction Drawings; Bills of Quantity; Material and Workmanship Specifications; and Design Calculations.
- Categories: WASH Technical Designs, WASH Technical Designs, and WASH Technical Designs.
WASH Winterization Technical Brief (UNHCR, 2015)
This technical brief is intended to provide guidance for UNHCR staff and Partners involved in winterization of WASH facilities in the current European refugee and migrant situation.
- Tags: Cold Climates, Cross Cutting, Cross Cutting, Excreta Management, Excreta Management, Excreta Management, Excreta Management, Excreta Management, Excreta Management, Excreta Management, Excreta Management, Piped Water Networks, Piped Water Networks, Water Supply, Water Supply, Water Supply, Water Supply, and Water Supply. Locations: Central Europe and the Baltic States, Eastern Europe, and Europe. Languages: English, English, English, English, English, English, English, English, English, and English. Organisations: UNHCR, UNHCR, UNHCR, UNHCR, UNHCR, UNHCR, and UNHCR. Categories: WASH Emergency Guidelines, WASH Emergency Guidelines, WASH Emergency Tools, WASH Guidelines, WASH Guidelines, WASH Guidelines, WASH Operational Guidelines, WASH Operational Guidelines, WASH Policy Guidelines, WASH Policy Guidelines, WASH Reference Documents, 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.