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Pubescent girls face unique emotional barriers to returning to school after a disaster concerning water, sanitation and hygiene (WAS
Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic poses a grave threat to refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).
Post-disaster relief and recovery operations seldom focus on women’s priorities regarding menstrual hygiene.
When responding to an emergency situation, ensuring safe excreta disposal is an urgent priority in the disaster relief effort.
The devastating earthquake of 2005 severely damaged over 4000 water and sanitation schemes in northern Pakistan.
Point-of-use (POU) water treatment with sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) has been proven to reduce diarrheal disease in de
In July 2007, a study by the Centre for Environmental Health Engineering, at the University of Surrey, assessed a modified method of
There is currently limited public information available concerning methods for the selection of appropriate water trea
A number of organizations engaged in tanker trucks to deliver water to populations affected by the 2005 tsunami in Indonesia.