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Background. Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) are immediate priorities for human survival and dignity in emergencies.
To provide safe drinking water and reduce the risk of disease, emergency responders in southern Syria are implementing a multilevel
After the 2015 earthquake in Nepal that killed approximately 9,000 people, the country faced an increased risk of cholera outbreaks
This discussion paper summarizes the results and implications of a study commissioned by the World Bank to conduct
There are increasing numbers of people affected by natural disasters, disease outbreaks, and conflict.
After the Ebola outbreak was declared in Sierra Leone, in June 2014, early messages about the high mortality rate of Ebola were met
Diarrhea and acute respiratory infections account for nearly 30% of deaths among children displaced by humanitarian emergencies.
After the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, thousands of agencies, organizations, and individual people tried to find ways to help the pe
Large-scale urban WASH programming requires different approaches to those normally employed in Oxfam emergency response activities.