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Water & Sanitation in
Emergencies & Disasters




Health Library for Disasters (WHO & PAHO) − “the most complete electronic information resource on public health for emergency preparedness and response and complex emergencies.”

Groundbreaking approach to disaster relief (Bull. WHO, 2008)

World Disasters Report 2007 (IFRC, 2007) − previous issues here.

Disaster risk reduction & emergency response for WASH (WSSCC, 2009)

Practical Action Publishing: Books on Emergencies and Disasters

Excreta Disposal in Emergencies: A Field Manual (WEDC, 2007)

The Sphere Project: Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response

The Sphere Handbook (2004 edition)

      Chapter 2: Minimum Standards in Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion

Environmental health in emergencies (WHO website)

Environmental Health in Emergencies and Disasters: A Practical Guide (WHO, 2002)

WHO Technical Notes for Emergencies

ReliefWeb − the global hub for time-critical humanitarian information on complex emergencies and natural disasters.

Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (World Bank website)

ProVention Consortium (IFRC website) 

International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN website)

Sanitation in Emergencies (Oxfam webpage)

UNHCR webpage on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

WEDC Technical Notes for Emergencies

Low-cost Drainage for Emergencies (Oxfam, draft, undated)

Send in the Latrines (NY Times, 2008)

Up-flow clarifier for emergency water treatment (Water and Environment Journal, 2009)

Point of use water treatment in emergency response (LSHTM & USAID, 2009)

Infectious diseases that pose specific challenges after natural disasters: a review (Seminars in Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2006) 

Patterns of chronic and acute diseases after natural disasters – a study from the International Committee of the Red Cross field hospital in Banda Aceh after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami (Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2007)

Point-of-use water treatment and diarrhoea reduction in the emergency context: an effectiveness trial in Liberia (Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2006)

Climate Resilient Cities (World Bank, 2008) a primer on reducing vulnerabilities to climate change impacts and strengthening disaster risk management in East Asian cities. 

Disaster risk reduction: Total disaster risk management handbook – Reducing the impact of disasters on the poor (Asian Disaster Preparedness Center , 2005)

Floods
Floods and the Poor: Reducing the Vulnerability of the Poor to the Negative Impacts of Floods
(ADB, 2008)