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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.
The devastating earthquake of 2005 severely damaged over 4000 water and sanitation schemes in northern Pakistan.
After a series of earthquakes devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 12 January 2010, safe excreta disposal became an urgent priority.
An immediate need and vital resource, potable water becomes critical in the aftermath of a disaster; affected communities cannot rec
Children under 18 can represent 50% or more of a crisis-affected population.
In peri-urban Monrovia, contaminated hand-dug wells were contributing to cholera outbreaks.