Safeguarding Children in WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene): Guidance | NLM

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Safeguarding Children in WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene): Guidance

02/01/2019 12:00 AM EST

Source: Save the Children International. Published: 2/2019. This five-page document outlines some potential safeguarding risks of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) programs, and provides suggestions on how to manage them to ensure children are as safe as possible. It discusses how improperly built and/or poorly maintained WASH facilities (such as latrines) have contributed to child fatalities and serious injuries in the past, as have death and injuries caused by water trucks, especially in crowded refugee camps. (PDF)