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Best Practices in Water and Sanitation

Dennis Warner, and Christopher Seremet USAID, CRS (2008)
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A global overview of national regulations and standards for drinking-water quality

World Health Organization (WHO) (2018) C_WHO
When setting national drinking-water quality regulations and standards, many countries consider the WHO Guidelines for drinking-water quality (GDWQ). To better understand the extent to which ... more
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Progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene in schools: 2000-2021 data update

World Health Organization WHO; UNICEF; et al. (2022) C_WHO
Special Focus on COVID-19 The report provides updated estimates for drinking water, sanitation and hygiene in schools including progress from 2015 to 2019. It highlights the rapid improvement needed to ensure students have access to handwashing fac ... more
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National Safe Surgery Strategic PLAN

Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia (2016) CC
National Safe Surgery Strategic PLAN Saving Lives Through Safe Surgery (SaLTS) Strategic Plan 2016–2020
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Water, sanitation, hygiene and habitat in prisons: supplementary guidance

International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC (2012)
A practical handbook covering the architecture, engineering, design and operation of prisons. It is intended for all ICRC delegates working in places of detention, whether they have extensive practical experience or are new to the field.
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Gap Analysis in Emergency Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion

Bastable, Andy and Russell, Lucy Oxfam (2013)
The emergency Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion (WASH) gap analysis project was funded by The Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF), a program managed by Enhancing Learning and Research for Humanitarian Assistance (ELRHA) in partnership with the ... more
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Keep Safe - Keep Serving. Standard Safety Measures for Health Worker
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World Health Organization; Christian Health Association Liberia (2014)
Reproduced by CHAL (Chrisitan Health Association Liberia) 3 October 2014
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Keep Safe - Keep Serving. Training for Healthcare Providers

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Liberia (2014)
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How to conduct safe and dignified burial of a patient who has died from suspected or confirmed Ebola or Marburg virus disease

World Health Organization WHO (2014) C_WHO
This protocol provides information on the safe management of dead bodies and burial of patients who died from suspected or confirmed Ebola or Marburg virus disease. These measures should be applied not only by medical personnel but by anyone involve ... more
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Nepal: National Safe Motherhood and Newborn Health - Long Term Health 2006-2017

Governement of Nepal, Family Health Division Department of Health Services (2006) C1
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Considerations related to the safe handling of bodies of deceased persons with suspected or confirmed COVID-19

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC (2020) C1
This document aims to support public health preparedness planning and response activities on the safe handling of bodies of deceased persons with suspected or confirmed COVID-19: at the site of death, during transport, storage and preparation before ... more
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Understanding barriers to quality of care: an approach for conducting a situational analysis of water, sanitation and hygiene (‎WASH)‎ and quality in health care facilities

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
The availability of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in health care facilities, especially in maternity and primary-care settings where they are often absent, supports core aspects of quality, equity and dignity for all people. This doc ... more
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Water dilemmas: The cascading impacts of water insecurity in a heating world

Oxfam (2023) CC
Climate-induced water insecurity poses one of the biggest threats to humanity and will lead to more hunger, disease and displacement Oxfam water engineers are having to drill deeper, more expensi ... more
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Critical Response and Funding Requirements - Response to the Water Crisis in Syria

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA (2022) CC
In September 2021, the UN and its partners presented a response plan to mitigate the impact of the water crisis in northern and north-east Syria which requested US$200 million to assist up to 3.4 million of the over five million people estimated to ... more
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Burden of disease from inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene for selected adverse health outcomes: An updated analysis with a focus on low- and middle-income countries

Prüss-Ustün A., Wolf J., Bartram J., et al. (2019) CC
Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2019 Jun; 222(5): 765–777. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2019.05.004; To develop updated estimates in response to new exposure and exposure-response data of the burden of diarrhoea, respiratory infections, malnutrition, schistosomiasis, malaria, soil-transmitted helminth infec ... more
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Rapid Needs Assesment for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
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WHO South-East Asia New Delhi WHO South-East Asia New Delhi (2004)
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Guidelines for developing inclusive water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure

Arup; International Labour Organization ILO; UN Children's Fund UNICEF; UNOPS; WaterAid (2024) CC
Around the world, more than 2 billion people lack access to safely managed water, sanitation and hygiene services, with conflicts and climate change exacerbating the issue. Unsafe and insufficient WASH facilities, especially in rural and remote a ... more
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Large Ferro-Cement Water Tank

UNHCR (2006)
Design Parameters and Construction Details
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Achieving quality universal health coverage through better water, sanitation and hygiene services in health care facilities: A focus on Ethiopia

World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) C_WHO
A two-week mission was conducted by WASH and quality UHC technical experts from WHO headquarters and supported by the WHO Ethiopia Country Office (WASH and health systems teams) in July 2016, to understand how change in WASH services and quality improvements have been implemented in Ethiopia at nati ... more
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Guidelines for Safe Disposal of Unwanted Pharmaceuticals in and after Emergencies

World Health Organization WHO (1999) C_WHO
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Critical aspects of the safe use of personal protective equipment

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (2014)
A training tutorial for healthcare professionals This ECDC tutorial presents the fundamental concepts of personal protective equipment (PPE) and barrier nursing to support preparedness in hospitals across Europe. It provides practical information on the proper use of PPE at the point of care, inclu ... more
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Youth act for safe abortion: A training guide for future health professionals

Börjesson, E., Pedersen, K., & Villa Torres, L. Ipas (2014)
This guide is a resource for future health professionals who want to learn about and engage in abortion issues. Abortion is a critical but often neglected area of women’s rights, women’s health and health science education. The guide ences students was developed for health sciences students -inc ... more
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Key Messages for Safe School Operations In Countries with Outbreaks of Ebola

UNICEF; CDC; WHO (2015)
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Guidelines for Safe Blood Transfusion (Malawi)

Government of Malawi, Ministry of Health (2012) C1
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The Guidelines for Water and Sanitation Services in Liberia

Ministry of Public Works, Liberia; The Liberia WASH Consortium; UNICEF (2010)
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KENYA: COVID-19 Guidelines from Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa on Safe Mass Gatherings

AMECEA (2020) C1
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Kenya National Guidelines for Safe Management of Health Care Waste

Ministry of Health, Kenya (2019) C1
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Ministerial Guidelines on Ambulance Servcie and Safe Transport

Ministry of Health, Rwanda (2014) C1
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Child Protection - Every Child Safe and Secure (Child protection Guide) - India

Save the Children (2015) C1
The guidebook can be used by any care giver who comes in contact with children on a daily basis and who have the primary or secondary responsibility of taking care of the children. Parents, teachers, anganwadi workers, child care institutions, hospitals can use this guidebook to help a child who is ... more
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Guidelines for safe re-opening of inperson congregational worship

Inetrfaith Council on National Reponse to the Coronavirus Pandemic, Kenya (2020) CC
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Ensuring a safe environment for patients and staff in COVID-19 health-care facilities
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World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
A module from the suite of health service capacity assessments in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, Interim guidance 20 October 2020. This assessment tool covers the following aspects: area distribution; surface availability versus foreseen occupancy rate; patient and staff flow ... more
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Information and Advice for the Home: Be coronavirus safe at school
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Knowledge Translation Unit, University of Cape Town Lung Institute Western Cape Department of Health (2021) CC
Updated May 2021. Manual 4. The Practical Approach to Care Kit – PACK – is used by nurses, doctors and community health workers in their everyday work to care for patients at the clinic and in the community –PACK Adult, PACK Adolescent, PACK Child and PACK Community.PACK Home is designed for p ... more
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Guidelines for safe management of pharmaceutical waste

Ministry of Health, Kenya; Pharmacy and Poisons Board (2019) CC
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Fit for women? Safe and decent PPE for women health and care workers

Women for Global Health WGH (2021) CC
One of the many gender inequities in the health and care workforce that COVID-19 has exposed is around the fit and design of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). The rapid onset and scale of COVID-19 led to shortages of PPE in most countries, causing preventable infection and mortality among healthc ... more
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Report on the Review of the Kenya National Guidelines for Safe Management of Health Care Waste

UNDP (2018) CC
Injection Safety and Safe Disposal of Medical Waste National Communication Strategy and Health Care Waste Management Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). The overall objective of the consultancy was to review and align the three national technica ... more
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Retrospective Performance Evaluation of the Afghan Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation Project 2009-2012

USAID (2017) C1
USAID/Afghanistan’s $443 million investment in the Afghan Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation (SWSS) activity is one of the Agency’s largest single investments in sustainable rural water sup ... more
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Spatiotemporal distribution of antimicrobial resistant organisms in different water environments in urban and rural settings of Bangladesh

Asaduzzaman, M. et al. (2022) CC
The authors conduct an integrated survey of Antimicrobial Resistant Organisms (AMR) in drinking water, wastewater and surface water in three settings in Bangladesh: rural households, rural poultry f ... more
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Burden of disease attributable to unsafe drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene: 2019 update

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
The report summarizes the estimates of the burden of disease attributable to unsafe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene for the year 2019 for four health outcomes - diarrhoea, acute respiratory infections, soil-transmitted helminthiases, and und ... more
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Integrating Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, GESI and WASH - A Reference Guide

World Vision (2023) CC
World Vision’s Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) approach actively strives to examine, question, and change harmful social norms and power imbalances as a means of reaching gender equality and social inclusion objectives in a programme area. This reference guide is designed to help WASH ... more
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Reopening schools in Latin America and the Caribbean: key points, challenges, and dilemmas to plan a safe return to in-person classes

Inter-American Development Bank IDB, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO (2021) C1
The document presents an assessment developed by both institutions as a contribution to the prioritization of education in national response plans to the health emergency and future recovery strategies. "Countries have deployed various response and recovery plans in which education needs to be incor ... more
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Nepal: Human Resource Strategy Options for Safe Delivery

Kolehmainen-Aitken R.L., Shrestha I.B. Ministry of Health and Population Government of Nepal (2009) C1
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Shaping our Lives: Learning to Live Safe and Healthy, free from HIV/Syphilis & other STIs

National AIDS Control Organization (NACO), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India; Ministry of Rural Development; UNIFEM; et al. (2016) C_WHO
A Booklet on Women and HIV/AIDS for Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMs) Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) and Members of Self-help Groups (SHGs)
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Have Fun, Be Safe!

World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF (2008) C_WHO
Companion to the World Report on Child Injury Prevention 2008
This child-friendly version of the World report on child injury prevention aims to inform children, aged 7 - 11 years, about various types of injuries and how these may be prevented by using a mixture of facts, puzzles, ... more
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Information and Advice for the Home: Be coronavirus safe
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Knowledge Translation Unit, University of Cape Town Lung Institute Western Cape Department of Health (2021) CC
Manual 1. The Practical Approach to Care Kit – PACK – is used by nurses, doctors and community health workers in their everyday work to care for patients at the clinic and in the community –PACK Adult, PACK Adolescent, PACK Child and PACK Community.PACK Home is designed for people seeking more ... more
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Infection prevention and control for the safe management of a dead body in the context of COVID-19: interim guidance

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
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World Disasters Report 2020: Come Heat or High Water - Tackling the Humanitarian Impacts of the Climate Crisis Together. Excecutive Summay

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFRC (2020) C1
The failure to protect the people most vulnerable to climate change is especially alarming given the steady increase in the number of climate and weather-related disasters. According to the World Disasters Report, the average number of climate and weather-related disasters per decade has increased n ... more
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Achieving quality health services for all, through better water, sanitation and hygiene

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
Lessons from three African Countries. Achieving Health for All, and in particular universal health coverage (UHC), will not happen without fully functioning basic water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in all health care facilities. Such ser ... more
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Young people and COVID-19: Behavioural considerations for promoting safe behaviours

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
In the context of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic response, WHO identifies young people as a priority target audience with specific concerns, experiences and behaviours. This policy brief provides relevant insights from behavioural evidence and a set of behavioural considerations for tho ... more
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Resilience Building: A guide to flood, cyclone, earthquake, drought and safe schools programming

Action Aid (2016) CC
This guidance document is meant to support practitioners working in disaster prone contexts to develop and implement more effective integrated resilience programming. It promotes programming that cuts across different fields of work like rights awareness, food security, emergency preparedness, livel ... more
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The role of soil in defining planetary boundaries and the safe operating space for humanity

Kopittke, P.M.; et al. (2021) CC
Environment International Volume 146, January 2021, 106245. We use soils to provide 98.8% of our food, but we must ensure that the pressure we place on soils to provide this food in the short-term does not inadvertently push the Earth into a less hospitable state in the long-term. Using the planeta ... more
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Management of a cholera epidemic - Practical guide for doctors, nurses, laboratory technicians, medical auxiliaries, water and sanitation specialists and logisticians
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Médecins Sans Frontières MFS (2023) CC
Cholera is a transmissible diarrhoeal infection caused by Vibrio cholerae. Endemic and/or epidemic in over 40 countries (mainly in Africa and Asia), cholera continues to be a major global public health issue. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the number of cases reported worldwid ... more
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Actions to Protect the Public in an Emergency due to Severe Conditions at a Light Water Reactor

International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA, WHO; OCHA; ET al. (2013) C_WHO
IAEA Safety Standards for protecting people and the environment
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Learning Modules. COVID-19 Vaccines in Pregnancy and Safe Breastfeeding

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) (2023) C_WHO
This is an e-learning module with the objective of providing education for health professionals and pregnant women using published results and studies based on COVID-19 surveillance data, which have indicated an increased risk among pregnant women of presenting with severe forms of COVID-19 and, the ... more
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Draft WHO list of Personal Protective Equipment for Infection and Prevention Control with Focus on Ebola - CLEANING, WASTE MANAGEMENT AND, SAFE AND DIGNIFIED BURIALS

World Health Organization (2014)
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‘ELIMU KWANZA!’ - A Brighter Future for the Children of DRC Safe Education for Internally Displaced Children in the Democratic Republic of Congo

War Child Holland War Child Holland (2014) C1
Prioritise education in conflict-affected areas: Across the world 28 million1 primary school-age children living in conflict-affected countries are out-of-school, and they form half of the world’s total out-of-school population. During conflict, infrastructure assets such as schools are damaged ... more
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WASH - Nutrition Strategy, West and Central Africa: To maximise the impact of projects addressing malnutrition through interventions of the Water, Sanitiation, Hygiene sector

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2022) C_UNICEF
This document was prepared by UNICEF Regional Office for West and Central Africa, under the leadership of Christophe Valingot and the review of Joachim Peeters (WASH Specialist) and Arnaud Laillou (Nutrition Specialist), on behalf of the WASH Regional Group and the Nutrition Regional Group. This ... more
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Drainage from water points

Skinner, B.; Chatterton, K. and R. Shaw Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) Loughborough University, UK (2013) CC
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The three-pot water treatment system

Skinner, B.; and R. Shaw Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) Loughborough University, UK (2013) CC
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Training Manual for SODIS Promotion

SODIS Solar Water Disinfection SODIS Solar Water Disinfection (2006)
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Aqueduct Projected Water Stress Country Rankings

Andrew Maddocks, Robert Samuel Young and Paul Reig World Resources Institute (2015)
Using an ensemble of climate models and socioeconomic scenarios, WRI scored and ranked future water stress—a measure of competition and depletion of surface water—in 167 countries by 2020, 2030, ... more
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WASH Climate Resilient Development: Appraising and prioritising options for climate resilient WASH

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Global Water Partnership (GWP) (2017)
This Technical Brief focuses on appraising and prioritising options for climate resilience with a view to informing water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programme and project design.
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Nutrition in the First 1,000 Days: State of the World’s Mothers 2012

Safe the children (2012)
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Introduction to Low Cost Sanitation. Latrine Construction

CAWST Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (2011) CC
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Introduction to Low Cost Sanitation
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Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology CAWST (2011) CC
Planning, Promotion, Contruction & Design. Manual
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Managing risks of hazardous chemicals in the workplace - code of practice

Safe Work Australia (2004) CC
"This Code provides practical guidance on how to manage health and safety risks associated with hazardous chemicals for persons conducting a business or undertaking who use chemicals in their workplace."
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Menstrual Hygiene Management -National Guidelines (India)

Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation -Government of India (2015) C1
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Compendium of accessible WASH technologies

Hazel Jones and Jane Wilbur Water Aid (2014) CC
The compendium is designed for use by staff working directly with communities - e.g. health workers and community volunteers working with disabled and older people and their families in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa. A few examples of technologies are presented that families can adapt to suit t ... more
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Sierra Leone: Technical Guidelines for the Construction and Maintenance of Hand Dug Wells

Ministry of Water Resources, Republic of Sierra Leone (2014) C1
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Menstrual Hygiene Matters

House, S.; T. Mahon and S. Cavill Water Aid (2012) C2
A resource for improving menstraul hygiene around the world. Comprehensive guidance with examples of good practice, information for colleagues and pupils in class and tips on how to break the taboo
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Functionality and sustainability of community latrines under the health urban programme

Ahsan, T., Islam, S. and Ryan, P. Water Aid and IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre (2008)
In: Beyond construction : use by all : a collection of case studies from sanitation and hygiene promotion practitioners in South Asia. Chapter 2
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Updated WHO/WEDC Technical Notes on WASH in Emergencies
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World Health Organization; Water Engineering Development Centre World Health Organization (2013) C_WHO
Download these technical notes directly from the website: These four-page illustrated notes, originally prepared in 2011 and updated in 2013, provide practical, evidence-based recommendations in responding to immediate and medium-term water, sanita ... more
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Follow-up Mandona Guidelines for Practitioners 2016

Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (2016) C_WHO
A field guide for accelerating and sustaining open defecation free communities through a Community-Led Total Sanitation approach Follow-up MANDONA (FUM) is an action-oriented approach for accelerating community-wide sanitation and hygiene behaviour change following the initial triggering session. D ... more
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Understanding Menstrual Hygiene Management & Human Rights

Human Rights Watch and WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) United (2017) C2
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CAWST Soap Making Fact Sheet

Center for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology CAWST (2014) CC
This fact sheet developed by CAWST describes the history of soap, how it’s made, and the two processes for making soap. This fact sheet is available in English, Spanish, and French.
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Taking Care of a Baby at Home After Birth: What Families Need to Do

CoreGroup; Safe the Children; USAID; et al. (2011)
This flipbook, released in Nov. 2011, contains key messages that pregnant women and their families need in order to plan care of an infant at home right after birth. It focuses on essential actions families can take both to prevent newborn death and illness and to promote healthy newborn development ... more
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Sharing simple facts. Useful information about menstrual health and hygiene

Government of India, Ministry of Rural Development, Dept. of Drinking water supply (2008) C1
This guidance booklet on Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) is intended for adolescent girls and young women. Issues associated with menstruation are never discussed openly and the silence surrounding menstruation burdens young girls by keeping them ignorant of this biological function. Even after t ... more
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Yemen: cholera outbreak Situation Report #4 3 June2017

Health and WASH Cluster; Ministry of Health and Population of Water and Environment (2017) C_WHO
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SPHERE Handbook 2018 (Arabic Version)
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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Water and Sanitation Mission Assistant (2018) C1
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Sealing a borehole with a sanitary seal

Skinner, B.; Chatterton, K. and R. Shaw Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) Loughborough University, UK (2013) CC
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How to make a handwashing bottle

Reed, B., R.Shaw, and K. Chatterton Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) Loughborough University, UK (2013) CC
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Using gourds for handwashing

Shaw, Rod (ed) Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) Loughborough University, UK (2013) CC
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The ‘F” Diagram

Reed, B.; B. Skinner, and R. Shaw Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) Loughborough University, UK (2012) CC
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Report on assessment of WASH and healthcare waste management in District Sadar Hospital, Cox's Bazar

WHOSEARO (2015) C_WHO
How safe is our hospital sanitation? An example from a public hospital
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WASH for Schoolchildren in Emergencies: A Guidebook for Teachers

Murat Sahin, Emily Bamford, Lisa Bender et al. UNICEF (2011)
This guidebook for people in school settings is intended to offer strategies for use and adaptation with children and families to re-establish routines of hygiene with basic access to water and sanitation services through an approach that visibly sh ... more
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WASH FIT: Manual for Trainer

UN Children's Fund UNICEF; World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO
The Water and Sanitation for Health Facility Improvement Tool (WASH FIT) presents a framework and acts as a guide to support multisectoral action to improve water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in h ... more
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Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Infection Prevention and Control Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Ebola Care Centres
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Government of Liberia; Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (2014)
Keep Safe – Keep Serving; Liberia: Updated Sept 25 2014. This document is intended to inform infection prevention and control practices and supply needs in healthcare facilities. As the Ebola outbreak evolves, the document will need to be adapted ... more
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Basic Newborn Resuscitation: A Practical Guide

World Health Organization Word Health Organization (1997) C_WHO
Safe Motherhood Series
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Hygiene Promotion In Emergencies
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WEDC World Health Organization WHO (2011) C_WHO
Communities affected by a disaster often lack basic water and sanitation facilities. They are likely to be traumatized and vulnerable to disease. Disruption of familiar practices or the relocation to new environments can result in a deterioration ... more
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WHO best practices for injections and related procedures toolkit

World Health Organization; SIGN (2010) C_WHO
The WHO guidelines provide recommended steps for safe phlebotomy and reiterate accepted principles for drawing, collecting blood and transporting blood to laboratories/blood banks.
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Ethiopia National Wash Cluster Briefing Package, March 2024

UN Children's Fund UNICEF; WASH Cluster (2024) CC
The document is part of the briefing package for Ethiopia's Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Cluster, which consists of resources that provide greater clarity and guidance to the cluster partners and other humanitarian actors. The document i ... more
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Global progress report on WASH in health care facilities: Fundamentals first

World Health Organization WHO; UNICEF (2021) C_WHO
The report identifies major global gaps in WASH services: one third of health care facilities do not have what is needed to clean hands where care is provided; one in four facilities have no water services, and 10% have no sanitation services. This ... more
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Ethiopia - National Cholera Control Operational Plan 2022/23

Government of Ethiopia (2023) CC
Cholera is a diarrheal disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholera. The infection primarily spreads through contaminated water and food. Symptoms include the onset of acute diarrhea and/or vomiting, muscle cramps, and body weakness. If untreated, ... more
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Yemen - WASH Needs Assessment Report, February 2018

Relief and Development Peer Foundation (2018) C1
RDP conducted a water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) needs assessment in three areas (Bani Ahmed, Al-Aqiba, Al-Ahmol) located in Far Al Udayn district, Ibb Governorate (December 23th , 2017 to January 7th, 2018).
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Ten Immediate WASH Actions in Healthcare Facilities for COVID-19 Response
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World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
This page describes ten immediate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) actions that low-resource healthcare facilities can undertake with limited budget in the near-term (0-3 months) to prepare for and address COVID-19. On the second page, WHO and U ... more
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Infection Control for Viral Haemorraghic Fever in the African Health Care Setting. Part 3

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , World Health Organization (1998) C_WHO
Part 3: Use Safe Burial Practices
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Message Guide for Ebola Communication. Social Mobilization Sub-Committee

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Liberia; Ebola must Go; Healthy Life (2015)
Version 3 Updates: • Safe School reopening • Special Events messages for sporting events and Africa Cup of Nations, Elections and public gatherings and holidays • Safe sex and condom use ... more
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Monitoring and managing insecticide resistance in Aedes mosquito populations, Interim guidance for entomologists, 8 March 2016

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO
The use of safe and efficacious insecticides against the adult and larval populations of mosquito vectors is one of the most effective ways to rapidly interrupt transmission of Zika virus, as well as other viruses transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes suc ... more
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Collaboration entre le secteur WASH et le secteur de la santé
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Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS (2019) C_WHO
GUIDE PRATIQUE À L’INTENTION DES PROGRAMMES DE LUTTE CONTRE LES MALADIES TROPICALES NÉGLIGÉES This toolkit provides step-by-step guidance to NTD programme managers and partners on how to engage and work collaboratively with the WASH community to improve delivery of ... more
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Indonesia Environmental Service Program (ESP) Evaluation

USAID (2017) C1
WASH Ex-Post Evaluation Series - Water Communications and Knowledge Management (CKM) Project
This evaluation examines the sustainability of selected components of the USAID/Indonesia Environmental Services Program (ESP), which was implemented f ... more
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Look Back Study of Community-based Development Initiative project

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) (2015) C1
The Look Back Study (LBS) focuses on the water and sanitation and hygiene (WASH) component of the project but some additional information was collected along side the WASH data. This data has been compared to the baseline survey data that was report ... more