WASH guidance useful for shelter and settlement activities
This collection of resources contains a series of guidelines, a handbook, a good practice review and a technical manual to support staff working on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) operations, identified as helpful to shelter and settlement activities.
Current guidance comes from leading local and global organizations and institutions: Loughborough University, Overseas Development Institute (ODI), Oxfam, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), UN-Habitat, the Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Water, Sanitation, Hygiene (WASH) Pakistan Collection
This channel collects resources relating to WASH in Pakistan
WASH and Health Guidelines
The "WASH and Health Guidelines" Collection compiles recent humanitarian practices on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), aiming to improve the health levels of affected populations. According to European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations, "Water, sanitation and hygiene (also known as WASH) are closely connected sectors and essential for good public health. In emergency and crisis situations, providing access to clean water in sufficient quantities is paramount. Basic sanitation and hygiene education are important for a healthy living environment. [...]. Lack of access to clean water and to basic sanitation, and low hygiene standards increase the vulnerability of people to epidemic outbreaks." To learn more about this, visit: https://ec.europa.eu/echo/what/humanitarian-aid/water-sanitation-hygiene_en
WASH: Sanitation Resources
The "WASH: Sanitation Resources" Collection aims to support procedures that promote sanitation in humanitarian contexts. As declared by WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on 1 October 2018, “Sanitation prevents disease and promotes human dignity and well-being, making it the perfect expression of WHO’s definition of health, as expressed in its constitution, as “A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. . . The guidelines recognize that safe sanitation systems underpin the mission of WHO, its strategic priorities and the core mission of ministries of health globally.”