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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.
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.
In this paper, we argue for including a full hygiene promotion intervention as an early part of emergency response.
Over the last 15 years there has been increasing attention to adolescent girls' and women's menstrual hygiene management (MHM) needs
Water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions can interrupt diarrhoeal disease transmission and reduce the burden of morbidity and mo
In July 2007, a study by the Centre for Environmental Health Engineering, at the University of Surrey, assessed a modified method of