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Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic poses a grave threat to refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).
The provision of safe water and adequate sanitation facilities to communities is a key part of Save the Children’s work in emergenci
Fragility has become the reality in several countries of the Middle East and North Africa.
In September 2016, Médecins Sans Frontières responded to a hepatitis E (HEV) outbreak in Chad by implementing water treatment and hy
Mount Sinabung erupted in September 2013, causing the mass evacuation of more than 30,000 people.
Children under 18 can represent 50% or more of a crisis-affected population.
In a disaster context, where risk for diarrhoeal disease is elevated, personal hygiene, i.e.
For people affected by disaster, whether wars, earthquakes, or disease epidemics, conditions of life can change suddenly and in ways