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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Extract from report of GACVS meeting of 3-4 December 2009, published in the WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record on 29 January 2010
Reprinted from Australian Family Physician Vol. 39, No. 10, october 2010
Kyiv, Ukraine 22-24 November 2010
Meeting Report
This Toolkit is intended to guide humanitarian programme managers and healthcare providers to ensure that sexual and reproductive health interventions put into place both during and after a crisis are responsive to the unique needs of adolescents.
On the appropriate use of gloves with respect to hand hygiene.
(Published with Decision No. 3003/QðBYT dated 19/8/2009 of the Minister of Health)
Des milliers de personnes meurent chaque jour des suites d’infections acquises au cours des procédures de soins.