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Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic poses a grave threat to refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).
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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.
The devastating earthquake of 2005 severely damaged over 4000 water and sanitation schemes in northern Pakistan.
This paper intends to examine the impacts of flood on water supply and sanitation condition along with flood induced health problems