A WASH and Energy Checklist for rapid assessments of Health Facilities in refugee contexts.
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WASH and Energy Checklist for Health Facilities (UNHCR, 2020)
Overview of Technologies for the Treatment of Infectious and Sharp Waste from Health Care Facilities (WHO, 2019)
This document provides an overview of specific health care waste technologies for the treatment of solid infectious and sharp waste. For each technology, details of its operation, effects on the environment and health, requirements for installation, capacities for treating waste, examples of consumables and advantages and disadvantages are described. The document is designed for health care facility administrators and planners, WASH and infection prevention control staff, national planners, donors and partners.
Safe Management of Wastes from Health Care Activities – 2nd Ed (WHO, 2014)
This handbook provides comprehensive guidance on safe, efficient, and environmentally sound methods for the handling and disposal of health-care wastes in normal situations and emergencies.
WASH in Health Care Facilities in Emergencies (WHO, 2011)
This document contains recommendations for setting minimum Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) standards in health-care facilities in emergencies in order to provide an adequate and safe level of health-care in addition to minimizing the risk of health-care facility related infection for patients, staff and carers.
- Categories: WASH Guidelines.
Essential Environmental Health Standards in Health Care (WHO, 2008)
This document provides guidance on essential environmental health standards required for health care in medium- and low-resource countries and support the development and implementation of national policies. These guidelines have been written for use by health managers and planners, architects, urban planners, water and sanitation staff, clinical and nursing staff, carers and other health-care providers, and health promoters.
Guidelines for Safe Disposal of Unwanted Pharmaceuticals in and after Emergencies
Publisher: World Health Organization Year: 1999 Description: This document provides guidance on the steps for managing unwanted pharmaceuticals during and following an emergency. This includes sorting categories and disposal methods.
F-500/2015a UNHCR Solid Waste Composition Assessment Template (UNHCR, 2015)
UNHCR field staff and their partners should conduct a waste composition assessment to assess the types of waste being produced and their and rates of production. Ideally the assessment should be carried out within the first three months of a displacement emergency and then at least once a year. Waste management short, medium and long term strategies for each waste stream should be revaluated and reorganised according to the findings of this assessment.
- Tags: Environment. Categories: WASH Blank Forms.
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: Bathing Facilities, Bloody Diarrhoea, Boreholes, Bulk Water Treatment, Child Friendly Facilities, Communal Toilets, Communicable Disease Control, Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), Cross Cutting, Cross Cutting, Cross Cutting, Desludging and Excreta Transportation, Disability, Disease Vector Control, Disease Vector Control, Disease Vector Control, Drainage, Drainage, Drainage, Drainage, Drilling, Excreta / Urine ReUse, Excreta Composting, Excreta Management, Excreta Management, Excreta Management, Excreta Management, Excreta Treatment, Gender, Grey Water Disposal, Hand Dug Wells, Handpumps, Handwashing with Soap, Handwashing with Soap, Household Toilets, Household Water Treatment, Human Right to Water / Sanitation, Hygiene Behaviour Change, Hygiene Promotion, Hygiene Promotion, Hygiene Promotion, Hygiene Promotion, Landfill Management, Landfill Management, Laundering Facilities, Malaria, Menstruation Hygiene Management, Piped Water Networks, Protection, Public Health, Public Health, Public Health, Public Health, Public Health, Public Health, Rainwater Harvesting, Sewerage and Excreta Conveyance, Solid Waste Management, Solid Waste Management, Solid Waste Management, Solid Waste Management, Solid Waste Management, Spring Protection, WASH Assessments, WASH Assessments, WASH Coordination, WASH Monitoring, WASH Monitoring, WASH Programme Health and Safety, WASH Programme Management, Waste Recycling , Reuse and Reduction, Waste Recycling , Reuse and Reduction, Water Prospection and Investigation, Water Pumping, Water Quality Testing and Surveillance, Water Safety Plans, Water Storage, Water Supply, Water Supply, Water Supply, Water Supply, Water Tankering, and Watery Diarrhoea. Languages: English, English, English, English, English, English, English, and English. Organisations: 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.