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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
The most important information concerning WASH and the COVID-19 virus is summarized here.
The Sawyer PointOne household hollow fiber membrane filter (PointOne) efficaciously removes microbiological indicators in the labora
Post-disaster relief and recovery operations seldom focus on women’s priorities regarding menstrual hygiene.
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
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.