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Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic poses a grave threat to refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).
The Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic entered Liberia through Lofa County in February 2014 and spread to two heal
The operation of a health care facility, such as a cholera or Ebola treatment center in an emergency setting, results in the product
The devastating earthquake of 2005 severely damaged over 4000 water and sanitation schemes in northern Pakistan.
After a series of earthquakes devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 12 January 2010, safe excreta disposal became an urgent priority.
Children under 18 can represent 50% or more of a crisis-affected population.
In peri-urban Monrovia, contaminated hand-dug wells were contributing to cholera outbreaks.