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Handwashing practices prove to be an effective and easy way of ensuring the health of populations affected by emergencies and humani
Background: Refugees are at high risk for communicable diseases due to overcrowding and poor water, sanitation,
Diarrhea and acute respiratory infections account for nearly 30% of deaths among children displaced by humanitarian emergencies.
Dispensers are a source-based water quality intervention with promising uptake results in development contexts.
Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions are amongst the most crucial in humanitarian crises, although the impact of the
Effective menstrual management is essential for the mental and physical well-being of women.
Children under 18 can represent 50% or more of a crisis-affected population.
In this paper, we argue for including a full hygiene promotion intervention as an early part of emergency response.
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that improving water, sanitation and hygiene could prevent at least 9.1% of the global
Over the last 15 years there has been increasing attention to adolescent girls' and women's menstrual hygiene management (MHM) needs