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Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic poses a grave threat to refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).
Background: Diarrhea and acute respiratory infections (ARI) account for 30% of deaths among children displaced due
Background In October 2010, Haiti was struck by a large-scale cholera epidemic.
Sanitation is an issue often neglected in development decision making.
Recent investigations into the March 2003 outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong have concluded that environmental factors played an importan