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Background In October 2010, Haiti was struck by a large-scale cholera epidemic.
Menstrual hygiene is a vital as well as a very sensitive issue for women in reproductive ages.
When responding to an emergency situation, ensuring safe excreta disposal is an urgent priority in the disaster relief effort.
The devastating earthquake on 8 October 2005 caused the immediate death of more than 70,000 people with injury and displacement to m