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In 2019, 30,000 people were forced to leave their homes due to conflict, persecution, and natural disaster each day.
Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic poses a grave threat to refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).
Adequate environmental health services are critical for human rights, health, and development, especially in the context of forced d
The most important information concerning WASH and the COVID-19 virus is summarized here.
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
In order to ensure maximum consumer benefits (e.g.
Point-of-use (POU) water treatment with sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) has been proven to reduce diarrheal disease in de
Emergency water treatment approaches relying on coagulation vary from centralised modular and portable ‘‘kits’’ to ‘‘
A number of organizations engaged in tanker trucks to deliver water to populations affected by the 2005 tsunami in Indonesia.