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Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic poses a grave threat to refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).
The most important information concerning WASH and the COVID-19 virus is summarized here.
This background paper focuses on supporting sustainable, equitable and resilient water services over the short and long term during
Handwashing practices prove to be an effective and easy way of ensuring the health of populations affected by emergencies and humani
The provision of safe water in adequate quantities is a basic necessity in emergencies to prevent the transmission of infectious dis
After a series of earthquakes devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 12 January 2010, safe excreta disposal became an urgent priority.
This paper intends to examine the impacts of flood on water supply and sanitation condition along with flood induced health problems
In peri-urban Monrovia, contaminated hand-dug wells were contributing to cholera outbreaks.