Safe excreta disposal is a top priority in an emergency, but one that takes time and extensive resources to implement. This Technical Briefing Note examines the use of poo bags for safe excreta containment and disposal in urban emergency settings. The Brief also explores ways of building more comple...te excreta management systems to ensure not only safe disposal, but also to ensure the dignity and safety of users.
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The WSP QA Tool is an Excel-based Tool. It is compatible with the 2003, 2007 and 2010 versions of Excel. The Tool can be used to evaluate multiple water supply systems and/or over time (through use of the ‘create new’ feature).
The user can add additional questions to include in their assessmen...ts (through use of the ‘create new question’ feature).Summary tables and graphs based on the assessments are automatically produced
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In this guideline, natural ventilation is considered
among one the effective measures to control infections in health care. This guideline provides
a design and operation guide for hospital planners, engineers, architects and infection control
personnel. The recommendations in this guidelin...e followed a systematic
review of the literature on the association of ventilation and disease transmission, as well
as effective natural ventilation solutions for infection control.
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Information and Approaches for developing Country Settings
A Manual for Field Staff and Practitioners
An Update will be published in late 2018
A manual to train health-care workers on practising, teaching and observing hand hygiene.
"Manual intended for the setting up of public health programmes in disadvantaged areas, particularly in refugee and displaced persons camps, and in health structures."
Mainstreaming Gender in Water and Sanitation
A l’attention des professionnels soignants, des formateurs et des observateurs des pratiques d’hygiène des mains