The following document details specific, innovative WASH programmes related to COVID-19 in UNHCR field operations in Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Iraq, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, and Zimbabwe.
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WASH Emerging Practices and COVID-19 (UNHCR, 2020)
How to Make a Mild Chlorine Solution 0.05% (CDC, 2018)
This simple poster describes how to make a simple mild chlorine solution of 0.05% for handwashing in healthcare facilities and public locations.
- Tags: Communicable Disease Control and Ebola. Organisations: CDC. Categories: WASH Emergency Guidelines.
WASH Webinar #2 on COVID-19 (UNHCR, 2020)
This second webinar for UNHCR Global WASH staff and partners summarizes UNHCR operational messages on WASH preparedness and response to COVID-19.
Technical WASH Guidance for COVID-19 Preparedness and Response (UNHCR, 2020)
The following is a breakdown of key WASH guidance for COVID-19 preparedness and response to support regional and country operations in planning and resource mobilization. These are based on WHO technical guidelines and UNHCR guidance for operations and where relevant operation or site level outbreak preparedness and response plans.
WASH and Energy Checklist for Health Facilities (UNHCR, 2020)
A WASH and Energy Checklist for rapid assessments of Health Facilities in refugee contexts.
Global WASH Cluster Webinar on WASH for Preventing COVID-19
PowerPoint PPT presentation from the webinar held on 11 Mar 2020 with WASH Cluster Members providing brief overview of the COVID-19 WASH situation, WASH response, technical resources, and WASH partner updates.
- Organisations: Global WASH Cluster. Categories: WASH Guidelines and WASH Guidelines.
Handwashing with Soap for Coronavirus Prevention (WASH’EM 2020)
This resource reminds us the simple act of handwashing with soap remains the best defense against coronavirus, other outbreak pathogens and common global killers such as diarrhoeal diseases and respiratory infections. In this guide we give you practical tips for how to encourage community-level handwashing behaviour with the aim of controlling and preventing the spread of the coronavirus.
Scaling up COVID-19 Outbreak Readiness and Response in Camps and Camp Based Settings
This Interim Guidance addresses specific needs and considerations required in humanitarian situations, including camps and camp-like settings and the surrounding host communities, in scaling-up readiness and response operations for the COVID-19 outbreak through effective multi-sectoral partnership. The Guidance is developed in alignment with the WHO COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan.
Hand Hygiene Self Assessment Checklist for Healthcare Facilities (WHO, 2010)
The Hand Hygiene Self-Assessment Framework is a systematic tool with which to obtain a situation analysis of hand hygiene promotion and practices within an individual health-care facility. The Hand Hygiene Self-Assessment Framework is a systematic tool with which to obtain a situation analysis of hand hygiene promotion and practices within an individual health-care facility.
- Tags: Hygiene Promotion, Hygiene Promotion, Hygiene Promotion, Hygiene Promotion, Hygiene Promotion, and Hygiene Promotion. Organisations: WHO and WHO.
COVID-19 Guidance Note for UNHCR Operations (UNHCR, 2020)
This document provides guidance to UNHCR country operations on the priority actions for persons of concern to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak that was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) by WHO on 30 January 2020.
- Tags: Coronavirus, Coronavirus, Coronavirus, Coronavirus, Coronavirus, Coronavirus, Coronavirus, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19, COVID-19, COVID-19, COVID-19, COVID-19, COVID-19, COVID-19, COVID-19, Cross Cutting, Cross Cutting, Cross Cutting, Cross Cutting, Cross Cutting, Public Health, Public Health, Public Health, Public Health, Public Health, Public Health, Public Health, and Public Health. 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, and WASH Reference Documents.