Explore COVID-19

This poster offers quick tips for sanitation professionals (including emptiers) on how to keep themselves and their clients safe and healthy during the COVID-19 outbreak.

A collection of practical WASH resources to support Ebola outbreak preparedness and response.

Washing our hands well and often will prevent illness (after defecation, before eating, after cleaning a baby).

This PowerPoint includes practical recommendations on safety and security when doing community work adapted for different contexts. Este PowerPoint contiene una serie de recomendaciones de bioseguridad para la vuelta al trabajo en el contexto COVID-19 específicos y adaptados para Colombia.

This PowerPoint includes practical recommendations on safety and security when doing community work adapted for different contexts. Este PowerPoint contiene una serie de recomendaciones de bioseguridad para la vuelta al trabajo en el contexto COVID-19 específicos y adaptados para Colombia.

This document contains instructions and safety measures to prepare chlorine solutions with Calcium Hypochlorite (powder or granular chlorine) for surface and hand disinfection. There are other documents including one on how to use Sodium Hypochlorite (bleach) as well as a Calculator (excel sheet) for different product concentrations. This was prepared to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This presentation (including speaker notes) is intended to share reliable information that CAWST has gathered, and answer some of the questions that we have been hearing from staff and clients about COVID-19. It is current as of April 8, 2020. See webinar recording here: https://resources.cawst.org/webinar_video/340bc425/covid-19-impact-and-response-strategies-webinar

The goal of this guidance document is to help organizations to work as safely as possible and minimize the risk of COVID-19 transmission in the workplace. This is updated as of June 19, 2020.

This lesson plan contains instructions to facilitate a session where participants will learn how to safely prepare chlorine solutions for surfaces and hand disinfection. This was prepared in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Use this video to make a handwashing soap solution from laundry detergent, if soap or hand sanitizer (handrub) are not easily available. This was created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This spreadsheet is a calculator to prepare chlorine solutions using different product concentrations with Sodium Hypochlorite (bleach) or Calcium Hypochlorite (powder or granular chlorine) for surface and hand disinfection. There are other documents including one on how to use Sodium Hypochlorite (bleach) or Calcium Hypochlorite (powder or granular chlorine). This document was prepared in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This document contains instructions and safety measures to prepare chlorine solutions with Sodium Hypochlorite (bleach) for surface and hand disinfection. There are other documents including one on how to use Calcium Hypochlorite (powder or granular chlorine) as well as a Calculator (excel sheet) for different product concentrations. This was prepared to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Use these instructions to make a handwashing soap solution from laundry detergent, if soap or hand sanitizer (handrub) are not easily available. This was created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This is a questionnaire to assess symptoms at a workplace and a temperature log to be used by every staff, volunteer, training participant, or other individual in the workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic. Please, remember to adapt this form to the privacy policies applicable to your context. Also see the Temperature Log.

This is a questionnaire to assess symptoms at a workplace and a temperature log to be used by every staff, volunteer, training participant, or other individual in the workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic. Please, remember to adapt this form to the privacy policies applicable to your context. Also see the Health Screening Questionnaire.

This webinar is intended to share reliable information that CAWST has gathered, and answer some of the questions that we have been hearing from staff and clients about COVID-19. It is current as of April 8, 2020. See presentation here: https://resources.cawst.org/presentation/55e9f666/covid-19-impact-and-response-strategies

This update is intended to share reliable information that CAWST has gathered, and answer some of the questions that we have been hearing from staff and clients about COVID-19. It is current as of April 14, 2020.

This technical brief summarizes what is known about COVID-19 and sanitation, including the risks related to exposure to wastewater and fecal sludge, and offers tips on how to safely continue offering latrine and septic tank emptying services during the outbreak.

This is a guide on how to build, step by step a handwashing station powered by a foot pump. This handwashing station is made with widely available pieces and materials, and was designed by Steve Abbott http://designchoice.org.

Learn About Chlorine

This poster set includes water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) posters to teach about good WASH practices, including household water treatment technologies.