WHO Technical Note for Emergencies 13: Planning for excreta disposal in emergencies

The pressure to help people immediately after a disaster often leads to actions starting before they have been properly planned. Wide experience has shown taht this wastes resources and results in poor service delivery and few long term benefits for the affected community. This is teh case for emergency disposal of excreta as it is for any other emergency intervention.
 
This techical notes is a guide to teh planning process of excreta disposal during the two phases of an emergency. Technical options are presented in technical note no.14.

Contents:

Stages in an emergency

Stages in planning

Rapid assessment

Community participation

Should you get involved

SPHERE Guidelines

Outline Design

Immediate action

Detailed design

Implementation