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Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic poses a grave threat to refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).
Purpose. The 2014 outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa was the largest in history.
Fragility has become the reality in several countries of the Middle East and North Africa.
Diarrhea and acute respiratory infections account for nearly 30% of deaths among children displaced by humanitarian emergencies.
In response to the recent cholera outbreak, a public health response targeted high-risk communities, including resource-poor communi