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The vulnerability of the underfunded water, sanitation, hygiene, and health (WASH2) facilities, particularly in the developing natio
Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic poses a grave threat to refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).
About a million Rohingyas have fled due to the ethnic cleansing in Myanmar and sought refuge in Bangladesh.
When responding to an emergency situation, ensuring safe excreta disposal is an urgent priority in the disaster relief effort.
After a series of earthquakes devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 12 January 2010, safe excreta disposal became an urgent priority.
Sanitation is an issue often neglected in development decision making.
In peri-urban Monrovia, contaminated hand-dug wells were contributing to cholera outbreaks.