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Pubescent girls face unique emotional barriers to returning to school after a disaster concerning water, sanitation and hygiene (WAS
Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic poses a grave threat to refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).
Legal principles and moral obligations that guarantee the basic needs of people living in humanitarian crisis situations (HCSs) pred
Post-disaster relief and recovery operations seldom focus on women’s priorities regarding menstrual hygiene.
This paper aims to understand the value of collaboration in a ‘state of emergency’ situation, featuring the case of the water, sanit
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
This factsheet addresses current developments, challenges, gaps and solutions in the planning and implementation fo sustainable sani
In July 2007, a study by the Centre for Environmental Health Engineering, at the University of Surrey, assessed a modified method of
There is currently limited public information available concerning methods for the selection of appropriate water trea