Publications
Impact of WASH interventions during disease outbreaks in humanitarian emergencies: A systematic review protocol
Authors: Yates, Travis Vijcic, Jelena Joseph, Myriam Leandre Lantagne, Daniele Publication date: 13 Apr 2016 ISBN: 978-0-85598-716-9 Pages: 68 Publisher: Oxfam Series: Humanitarian Evidence Programme Type: Research report
The purpose of this document is to clearly describe the proposed research questions and methodology for a systematic review on water, sanitation, and hygiene( WASH) interventions in disease outbreaks. The systematic review has a singular overarching objective in assessing the impact of emergency hygiene interventions. The primary research question will be answered through four secondary objectives that further evaluate: a) use of service and disease reduction; b) positive intervention characteristics; c) cost-effectiveness; and d) non-health related factors of emergency WASH interventions in disease outbreaks. This review is funded through the Humanitarian Evidence Programme, a UK Aid-funded partnership between Oxfam and Feinstein International Center( FIC) at the Friedman School of Nutrition at Tufts University. The Humanitarian Evidence Programme aims to synthesize evidence in the humanitarian sector and communicate the findings to stakeholders, with the ultimate goal of improving humanitarian policy and practice.
Manual on the Human Rights to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation for Water and Sanitation Practitioners, 2016
The Manual on the Human Rights to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation for Water and Sanitation Practitioners aims:
• to introduce the principles and concepts contained in the United Nations resolutions recognizing the Human Right to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation( HRWS)
• to clarify the language and terminology used in the promotion of human rights, and
• to provide guidance on the roles and responsibilities for everyone who contributes to the progressive
realization of the HRWS, and on how the human rights principles and actions can be incorporated into their essential functions.
The book focuses on the implications of new legislation and new components for existing legislation that address the human rights principles of equality, nondiscrimination, accountability, participation, access to information and sustainability.
This manual promotes informed decision-making by operators, managers and regulators in their daily routine, as well as to encourage them to engage actively in the national debates that are taking place in many countries where the HRWS is being translated into national and local legislation, policy and regulation. In most countries, creating such an enabling environment will, in fact, be the first critical step in the process towards the realization of the rights, followed by the allocation of roles and responsibilities to the various actors at national and local levels.
Contents Introduction; Main operational principles; Setting the scene – context and contents of the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation; Translating the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation into operational terms; Creating the enabling environment;. Incorporating HRWS into the essential functions of service providers; Addressing sensitive practices, dealing with challenges and avoiding pitfalls.
Author( s): Robert Bos, Senior Advisor, International Water Association( IWA), Den Haag, the Netherlands
Towards Gender Equality through Sanitation Access
Authors: Isha Ray, Zachary Burt, Kara L Nelson ISBN: 978-1-63214-043-2
The UN Women discussion paper series is a new initiative led by the Research and Data section. The series features research commissioned as background papers for publications by leading researchers from different national and regional contexts. Each paper benefits from an anonymous external peer review process before being published in this series.
This paper was produced by Zachary Burt, Post-doctoral Scholar, Blum Center for Developing Economies, University of California Berkeley; Kara Nelson, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of
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