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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.
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.
After a series of earthquakes devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 12 January 2010, safe excreta disposal became an urgent priority.
Most households in the districts of Sri Lanka affected by the tsunami possessed drinking water wells, and these wells were contamina
In peri-urban Monrovia, contaminated hand-dug wells were contributing to cholera outbreaks.