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Pubescent girls face unique emotional barriers to returning to school after a disaster concerning water, sanitation and hygiene (WAS
Water chlorination is widely used in emergency responses to reduce diarrheal diseases, although communities with no prior exposure t
Somali Region of Ethiopia has been affected by drought for several years.
Cholera has been eliminated as a public health problem in high-income countries that have implemented sanitation system separating t
In August 2015, an outbreak of cholera was reported in Tanzania.
Background In October 2010, Haiti was struck by a large-scale cholera epidemic.
On May 2, 2009 an outbreak of typhoid fever began in rural villages along the Malawi-Mozambique border resulting in 748 illnesses an
Globally, an estimated 2.5 billion people lack access to improved sanitation.
Post-disaster relief and recovery operations seldom focus on women’s priorities regarding menstrual hygiene.
Background: Refugees are at high risk for communicable diseases due to overcrowding and poor water, sanitation,