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Background: There is growing attention to addressing the menstrual hygiene management (MHM) needs of the over 21 million displaced a
Supplying safe drinking water in humanitarian emergencies is critical, and source water chlorination is a commonly implemented inter
Women and adolescent girls in disaster-prone and fragile contexts face many challenges.
Engaging communities in humanitarian programming is key to ensuring their participation in decision-making that affects them as outl
Promoting economic recovery, resilience, acceptance and sustainability, Market Based Programming (MBP) is increasingly used by human
Post-disaster relief and recovery operations seldom focus on women’s priorities regarding menstrual hygiene.
This paper describes the potential of ecological sanitation (ecosan), and in particular of urine-diversion dehydrating (UDD) toilets
Following the earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean in 2004, the emergency response that ensued prioritized the health and well