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Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic poses a grave threat to refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).
Household water treatment with chlorine can improve the microbiological quality of household water and reduce diarrhea
Diarrhea and acute respiratory infections account for nearly 30% of deaths among children displaced by humanitarian emergencies.
Mount Sinabung erupted in September 2013, causing the mass evacuation of more than 30,000 people.
Following the Asian tsunami of 26 December 2004, the vital domestic fresh-water wells in the coastal zone were either scoured out of