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These guidelines provide additional support and information on designing and implementing hygiene promotion programmes or elements of hygiene promotion in the programmes of other sectors. They should be used in conjunction with the UNHCR WASH Manual and the summary guidance in the Hygiene Promotion Chapter of this manual.
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Hygiene Promotion Guidelines (UNHCR, 2017)
OG803/2017a WASH, Protection and Accountability (UNHCR, 2017)
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.
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: Programme Guidance
The UNHCR WASH Manual: Programme Guidance, provides practical guidance for WASH programmes in refugee settings.
- Tags: camp management, Capacity Building, Capacity Building, CASH Interventions, Cold Climates, Value for Money, and WASH Reporting. Categories: WASH Manual.
F-100/2015a UNHCR WASH Safety and Security Checklist (UNHCR, 2015)
This document has been designed to help UNHCR and WASH actors assess potential WASH related safety and security issues related to trip, crush, pinch, pierce, cut, splinter, burn, poison, electrocution, road traffic accident, drowning, and gender based violence.
- Tags: Gender Based Violence, Gender Based Violence, and Gender Based Violence. Categories: WASH Blank Forms.
OG-802 Operational Guidelines for Staff Health and Safety in Refugee WASH Programmes (UNHCR, 2015)
This document provides health and safety guidelines for refugee WASH programmes for staff are involved in either: cleaning of toilets; maintenance of toilets; desludging of toilets; the collection and movement of excreta; the collection or movement of solid wastes; the handling of vector control or water treatment chemicals; any staff who may potentially come into contact with excreta, sewage, wastewater, solid waste, medical waste or any other sources of (potential) infection.
UNHCR WASH Guidelines on Camps Closure (UNHCR, 2014)
This brief is intended to highlight key WASH elements for camps closure. It focuses on specific actions, including the highlights of public health risks associated with health, water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) when dealing with decommissioning of WASH infrastructures. The overall closure implementation actions and modus operandi should be context specific and properly planned in coordination with key stakeholders.
- Tags: Camp Closure, Camp Closure, Environment, Environment, WASH Strategy Development, WASH Strategy Development, WASH Strategy Development, and WASH Strategy Development. Categories: WASH Guidelines, WASH Guidelines, WASH Guidelines, WASH Operational Guidelines, WASH Operational Guidelines, WASH Operational Guidelines, WASH Operational Guidelines, WASH Policy Guidelines, WASH Policy Guidelines, WASH Policy 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, Communicable Disease Control, Communicable Disease Control, Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), 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, Sewerage and Excreta Conveyance, Waste Recycling , Reuse and Reduction, Water Prospection and Investigation, Water Pumping, 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, Boreholes, Boreholes, Bulk Water Treatment, Bulk Water Treatment, Child Friendly Facilities, Child Friendly Facilities, Child Friendly Facilities, Child Friendly Facilities, Communal Toilets, Communal Toilets, Cross Cutting, Cross Cutting, Cross Cutting, Cross Cutting, Cross Cutting, Cross Cutting, Cross Cutting, Cross Cutting, Disability, Disability, Disability, Disability, Disease Vector Control, Disease Vector Control, Drainage, Drainage, Drilling, Drilling, Excreta Management, Excreta Management, Excreta Management, Excreta Management, Excreta Treatment, Excreta Treatment, Gender, Gender, Gender, Gender, Grey Water Disposal, Grey Water Disposal, Hand Dug Wells, Hand Dug Wells, Handpumps, Handpumps, Handwashing with Soap, Handwashing with Soap, Household Toilets, Household Toilets, Household Water Treatment, Household Water Treatment, Human Right to Water / Sanitation, Human Right to Water / Sanitation, Human Right to Water / Sanitation, Human Right to Water / Sanitation, Human Right to Water / Sanitation, Hygiene Promotion, Hygiene Promotion, Hygiene Promotion, Hygiene Promotion, Laundering Facilities, Laundering Facilities, Piped Water Networks, Piped Water Networks, Protection, Protection, 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 Assessments, WASH Coordination, WASH Coordination, WASH Coordination, WASH Coordination, WASH Coordination, WASH Monitoring, WASH Monitoring, WASH Monitoring, WASH Monitoring, WASH Monitoring, WASH Monitoring, WASH Programme Management, WASH Programme Management, WASH Programme Management, WASH Programme Management, WASH Programme Management, WASH Programme Management, Water Quality Testing and Surveillance, Water Quality Testing and Surveillance, Water Storage, Water Storage, Water Supply, Water Supply, Water Supply, Water Supply, Water Tankering, and Water Tankering. Languages: English, English, English, English, English, English, English, English, and English. Organisations: UNHCR, UNHCR, 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.