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Pubescent girls face unique emotional barriers to returning to school after a disaster concerning water, sanitation and hygiene (WAS
Water chlorination is widely used in emergency responses to reduce diarrheal diseases, although communities with no prior exposure t
Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic poses a grave threat to refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).
Fragility has become the reality in several countries of the Middle East and North Africa.
Post-disaster relief and recovery operations seldom focus on women’s priorities regarding menstrual hygiene.
Appropriate and adequate sanitation solutions are crucial for the protection of human and environmental health in emergencies.
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