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Pubescent girls face unique emotional barriers to returning to school after a disaster concerning water, sanitation and hygiene (WAS
Background: Cholera poses a significant global health burden.
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.
In order to ensure maximum consumer benefits (e.g.
The devastating earthquake of 2005 severely damaged over 4000 water and sanitation schemes in northern Pakistan.
Emergency water treatment approaches relying on coagulation vary from centralised modular and portable ‘‘kits’’ to ‘‘
Sanitation is an issue often neglected in development decision making.