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Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic poses a grave threat to refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).
Providing water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) to emergency-affected populations is necessary for dignity and
The provision of safe water and adequate sanitation facilities to communities is a key part of Save the Children’s work in emergenci
Market based programming is increasingly heralded as having a critical place in the future of humanitarian programmi
Handwashing practices prove to be an effective and easy way of ensuring the health of populations affected by emergencies and humani
The provision of safe water in adequate quantities is a basic necessity in emergencies to prevent the transmission of infectious dis
Diarrhea and acute respiratory infections account for nearly 30% of deaths among children displaced by humanitarian emergencies.
Children under 18 can represent 50% or more of a crisis-affected population.
After a series of earthquakes devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 12 January 2010, safe excreta disposal became an urgent priority.