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The branding of humanitarian assets and programme signage (often in English) is common practice in displacement contexts.
Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic poses a grave threat to refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).
This briefing paper presents a case study of a Peepoo implementation in first phase humanitarian response.
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.
After a series of earthquakes devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 12 January 2010, safe excreta disposal became an urgent priority.
In peri-urban Monrovia, contaminated hand-dug wells were contributing to cholera outbreaks.