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Pubescent girls face unique emotional barriers to returning to school after a disaster concerning water, sanitation and hygiene (WAS
Displaced adolescent girls and women face many challenges managing their monthly menstrual flow with dignity.
Fragility has become the reality in several countries of the Middle East and North Africa.
There is a significant gap in empirical evidence on the menstrual hygiene management (MHM) challenges faced by adolescent girls and
Post-disaster relief and recovery operations seldom focus on women’s priorities regarding menstrual hygiene.
Global attention on improving the integration of menstrual hygiene management (MHM) into humanitarian response is growing.
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
Over the last 15 years there has been increasing attention to adolescent girls' and women's menstrual hygiene management (MHM) needs
The devastating earthquake of 2005 severely damaged over 4000 water and sanitation schemes in northern Pakistan.