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Pubescent girls face unique emotional barriers to returning to school after a disaster concerning water, sanitation and hygiene (WAS
The most important information concerning WASH and the COVID-19 virus is summarized here.
The provision of safe water and adequate sanitation facilities to communities is a key part of Save the Children’s work in emergenci
Post-disaster relief and recovery operations seldom focus on women’s priorities regarding menstrual hygiene.
Children under 18 can represent 50% or more of a crisis-affected population.
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.
After a series of earthquakes devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 12 January 2010, safe excreta disposal became an urgent priority.
Emergency water treatment approaches relying on coagulation vary from centralised modular and portable ‘‘kits’’ to ‘‘