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Pubescent girls face unique emotional barriers to returning to school after a disaster concerning water, sanitation and hygiene (WAS
Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic poses a grave threat to refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).
Purpose. The 2014 outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa was the largest in history.
Post-disaster relief and recovery operations seldom focus on women’s priorities regarding menstrual hygiene.
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.