Modalities
Interventions delivered as part of an emergency multi sectoral response could include:
- Rehabilitation or construction of improved family latrines (no flies, faeces or odours) with hand–washing facilities.
- Distribution of family latrine maintenance kits (gloves, bucket, brush, shovel, small local pot for ash.)
- Soap at household level [450 grams per person per month].
- Hygiene or ‘Baby–WASH’ kits as part of IYCF support.
- Provision or construction (home–made) of handwashing kits like tippy–taps (eg, pierced can or bottle with soap in a net).
Conditions and considerations
- Basic sanitation and hygiene at household level includes use of improved facilities that are not shared with other households and the availability of a handwashing facility on premises with soap and water.
- Basic sanitation and hygiene at household level is critical for the control of diarrhoeal disease and other illness important for the prevention of undernutrition.
- Nutrition SBC for IYCF and child health should always contain a WASH component.