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Pubescent girls face unique emotional barriers to returning to school after a disaster concerning water, sanitation and hygiene (WAS
Background In October 2010, Haiti was struck by a large-scale cholera epidemic.
Household water treatment with chlorine can improve the microbiological quality of household water and reduce diarrhea
Post-disaster relief and recovery operations seldom focus on women’s priorities regarding menstrual hygiene.
Diarrhea and acute respiratory infections account for nearly 30% of deaths among children displaced by humanitarian emergencies.
The devastating earthquake on 8 October 2005 caused the immediate death of more than 70,000 people with injury and displacement to m