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Pubescent girls face unique emotional barriers to returning to school after a disaster concerning water, sanitation and hygiene (WAS
Emergency responses in humanitarian contexts require rapid set-up of water supply.
Women and adolescent girls in disaster-prone and fragile contexts face many challenges.
Background In October 2010, Haiti was struck by a large-scale cholera epidemic.
Post-disaster relief and recovery operations seldom focus on women’s priorities regarding menstrual hygiene.
In order to ensure maximum consumer benefits (e.g.
Emergency water treatment approaches relying on coagulation vary from centralised modular and portable ‘‘kits’’ to ‘‘