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This document contains materials to help UNHCR and WASH actors convert 20ft shipping containers into WASH Blocks (14 sinks) with drainage.
- Categories: WASH Technical Designs.
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D-702/2016a WASH Block – 20ft Container Conversion (Sinks Only) Design and BoQ (UNHCR, 2016)
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.
- 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: Capacity Building, Environment, and Gender Based Violence. Organisations: SPHERE.
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.
- 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.
- Organisations: Buffalo University. Categories: WASH Research Documents.
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: WASH Strategy Development. Categories: WASH Indicators and Standards.
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.
- Locations: Africa, Africa, Dadaab, East and Horn of Africa, Kenya, South Sudan, South Sudan, Sudan and Chad Special Operational Region, and Sudan and Chad Special Operational Region. Categories: WASH Emergency Guidelines, WASH Guidelines, WASH Guidelines, WASH Operational Guidelines, and WASH Policy Guidelines.
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, Bloody Diarrhoea, Communicable Disease Control, Communicable Disease Control, Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), Desludging and Excreta Transportation, Desludging and Excreta Transportation, Excreta / Urine ReUse, Excreta Composting, Hygiene Behaviour Change, Hygiene Behaviour Change, Landfill Management, Malaria, Medical Waste 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, Water Safety Plans, Watery Diarrhoea, and Watery Diarrhoea.
WASH Monitoring Azraq Camp Jordan 15 Feb 2015 (REACH, 2015)
This document provides a snapshot of WASH service provision in Azraq Refugee Camp undertaken on the 15th – 16th February 2015. The document document provides an overview of the conditions in 912 WASH blocks with a focus on structural integrity, safety, access, and cleanliness.
- Locations: Jordan and Middle East. Organisations: REACH. DatabaseDocTypes: WASH Monitoring Reports. Categories: WASH Maps.
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, Bathing Facilities, Bathing Facilities, Boreholes, Boreholes, Bulk Water Treatment, Bulk Water Treatment, Bulk Water Treatment, Child Friendly Facilities, Child Friendly Facilities, Communal Toilets, Communal Toilets, Communal Toilets, Communal Toilets, Communal Toilets, Cross Cutting, Cross Cutting, Cross Cutting, Disability, Disability, Disability, Disease Vector Control, Disease Vector Control, Disease Vector Control, Disease Vector Control, Drainage, Drainage, Drainage, Drainage, Drainage, Drainage, Drilling, Drilling, Excreta Management, Excreta Management, Excreta Management, Excreta Management, Excreta Management, Excreta Management, Excreta Management, Excreta Management, Excreta Treatment, Excreta Treatment, Excreta Treatment, Gender, Gender, Gender, Grey Water Disposal, Grey Water Disposal, Grey Water Disposal, Grey Water Disposal, Grey Water Disposal, Hand Dug Wells, Hand Dug Wells, Handpumps, Handpumps, Household Toilets, Household Toilets, Household Toilets, Household Water Treatment, Household Water Treatment, Household Water Treatment, Household Water Treatment, Human Right to Water / Sanitation, Human Right to Water / Sanitation, Human Right to Water / Sanitation, Hygiene Promotion, Hygiene Promotion, Hygiene Promotion, Hygiene Promotion, Hygiene Promotion, Hygiene Promotion, Hygiene Promotion, Hygiene Promotion, Hygiene Promotion, Laundering Facilities, Laundering Facilities, Laundering Facilities, Laundering Facilities, Laundering Facilities, Piped Water Networks, Piped Water Networks, Piped Water Networks, Protection, Protection, Protection, Rainwater Harvesting, Rainwater Harvesting, 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 Coordination, WASH Coordination, WASH Coordination, WASH Coordination, WASH Monitoring, WASH Monitoring, WASH Monitoring, WASH Monitoring, WASH Monitoring, WASH Programme Health and Safety, WASH Programme Health and Safety, 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 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, 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, WASH Reference Documents, and WASH Reference Documents.