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Background: Diarrhea and acute respiratory infections (ARI) account for 30% of deaths among children displaced due
Displaced adolescent girls and women face many challenges managing their monthly menstrual flow with dignity.
There is a significant gap in empirical evidence on the menstrual hygiene management (MHM) challenges faced by adolescent girls and
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
Water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions can interrupt diarrhoeal disease transmission and reduce the burden of morbidity and mo