Sincere thanks go to Marthe Everard, Technical Officer, WHO/EDM, for her thorough technical reviews and very helpful suggestions; to Joe Azar for his wonderful illustrations; to Richard Carr, Scientist, WHO/SDE, for his help with the section on waste management; and to Dean Sherick, Lieutenant, Fairfax County Fire Department, for his technical review and suggestions on fire safety.

Special recognition goes to UNICEF for their review and approval of this guide.

Special thanks also go to all of the DELIVER staff who wrote sections and reviewed this document, including Claudia Allers, Dana Aronovich, Yasmin Chandani, Bernard Fabre, Barbara Felling, Mohammad Anwar Hossain, Shyam Lama, Paula Nersesian, Timothy O’Hearn, Rich Owens, and Greg Roche; and to Gus Osorio and Pat Shawkey of the DELIVER communications team.

Laurie Lyons, Editor
December 2003