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Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic poses a grave threat to refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).
This background paper focuses on supporting sustainable, equitable and resilient water services over the short and long term during
Menstrual hygiene is a vital as well as a very sensitive issue for women in reproductive ages.
After a series of earthquakes devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 12 January 2010, safe excreta disposal became an urgent priority.
In peri-urban Monrovia, contaminated hand-dug wells were contributing to cholera outbreaks.