An Emergency WASH Literature Update - January 21, 2021
Dan Campbell
EVENTS
World Water Week, August 23-17, 2021 - This year, the Week will be held as a full-scale digital event on 23-27 August. World Water Week 2021 will be held under the theme Building Resilience Faster, with a focus on finding concrete solutions to the world’s greatest water-related challenges, starting with the climate crisis and including water scarcity, food security, health, biodiversity, and impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.
42nd WEDC International Conference, September 13-15, 2021 - Equitable and Sustainable WASH Services: Future challenges in a rapidly changing world, Call for Contributions.
RECENT USAID PUBLICATIONS/RESOURCES
USAID Globalwaters.org - WASH & COVID-19 RESOURCES - USAID is helping to mitigate the economic impact of COVID-19 on water and sanitation systems, protect progress, and support rapid recovery. During this global pandemic, the Globalwaters.org team will share the latest resources from USAID and select partners that cover COVID-19 and WASH. Other recent additions to the website.
USAID – Providing Humanitarian Assistance - USAID provides timely and effective humanitarian response, bringing disaster relief and lifesaving assistance amidst complex crises.
USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance: Development & Disaster Risk Reduction: Middle East, North Africa, & Europe - Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 - USAID/BHA provided approximately $7.2 million in FY 2020 to support disaster risk reduction (DRR) activities in the MENAE region.
USAID supported Wash’Em - Free software and resources for designing custom hygiene programs in emergencies
USAID
2020 Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Policy. USAID, January 2021. USAID
is committed to empowering women and girls across the globe to advance communities
in their partner countries on the Journey to Self-Reliance because they know no
country can succeed if it excludes the talents and voices of its female
population.
COVID-19
Prevention of COVID-19 in Internally Displaced Persons Camps in War-Torn North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo: A Mixed-Methods Study. Global Health: Science and Practice, December 2020. Findings provide empiric evidence supporting the vulnerability of IDPs to COVID-19 and call for action to protect neglected displaced populations.
Exploring challenges in safe water availability and accessibility in preventing COVID-19 in refugee settlements. Water International, August 2020. Overcoming the challenges of accessibility and availability of safe water is thus, paramount in the response against COVID-19 in refugee settlements.
DSASTER RISK REDUCTION
Humanitarian engineering at the sustainability-development nexus: mapping vulnerability and capability factors for communities at risk of water-based disasters. Sustainability Science, January 2021. This study details an exploratory investigation of community vulnerability and capability mapping that identifies communities with high water-based disasters risk and limited response capability which may benefit from risk reduction engagement and program co-development.
Place-Based Citizen Science for Assessing Risk Perception and Coping Capacity of Households Affected by Multiple Hazards. Sustainability, January 2021. Taking the case of flooding and water shortage, this study is built upon the premise that disasters are a social phenomenon; therefore, it is essential to comprehend the social context in which they occur.
Too much, too little water: Addressing climate risks, no-analog threats and migration in Peru. IOM, January 2021. This brief, based on a systematic review and expert interviews (Bergmann et al., 2020), assesses the scientific evidence on the nexus between climate risks and migration in Peru.
HYGIENE/HEALTH ISSUES
Menstrual hygiene management in schools: midway progress update on the “MHM in Ten” 2014–2024 global agenda. Health Research Policy and Systems, January 2021. We provide recommendations for advancing the MHM in Ten agenda. This includes continued building of the evidence, and expanding the number of countries with national level policies and the requisite funding and capacity to truly transform schools for all students and teachers who menstruate.
Oxfam rolls out its answer to the tippy tap. Devex, January 2021. Oxfam has launched a new hand-washing station it hopes will provide an alternative to the ubiquitous tippy tap in humanitarian settings. The stations, designed with funding from Elrha, a charity focused on humanitarian innovation, feature a mirror and flat space for posters, designed to make them more attractive to use.
Summary Report on the economics of hygiene programmes. COVID-19 Hygiene Hub, January 2021. The content of this resource is designed to aid decision makers as they develop costed national hygiene roadmaps or as they advocate for greater investment in hygiene.
WATER/WASTEWATER ISSUES
A socio-eco-efficiency analysis of water and wastewater treatment processes for refugee communities in Jordan. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, January 2021. Considering the need for more sustainable WASH systems in refugee camps, a socio-eco-efficiency analysis (SEEA) framework is proposed for the analysis and comparison of different wastewater treatment methods.
Resilient Water Infrastructure Design Brief. World Bank, 2020. With a focus on the three natural hazards most likely to affect water and sanitation infrastructure (droughts, floods, and high winds from storms), the document provides a six-step process to help users address weather and climate related challenges that are most likely to affect an infrastructure component.
OTHERS
Using Social Media in Community-Based Protection: A Guide. UNHCR, January 2021. In this guide, we define Social Media as websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or participate in social networking (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and You Tube). We also mean software that enables messages to be sent and received instantly, also referred to as “Messaging Apps” (e.g. WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal and FB Messenger).
Bridging Gaps in Minimum Humanitarian Standards and Shelter Planning by Critical Infrastructures. Sustainability, January 2021. This article provides an analysis of minimum humanitarian standards contained in the well-known Sphere handbook. Gaps are identified for several critical infrastructure services.
Synthesis Report on the state of food and nutrition security and vulnerability in Southern Africa. SADC, January 2021. This report provides an updated overview of vulnerability across the region as it relates to food and nutrition security. Presently, over 100 million (40%) Southern Africans do not have access to safe drinking water
Dan Campbell
Knowledge Creation/WASH Specialist, ECODIT│www.ecodit.com
USAID Water Communications and Knowledge Management (CKM) Project
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