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Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic poses a grave threat to refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).
This discussion paper summarizes the results and implications of a study commissioned by the World Bank to conduct
Diarrhea and acute respiratory infections account for nearly 30% of deaths among children displaced by humanitarian emergencies.
Most households in the districts of Sri Lanka affected by the tsunami possessed drinking water wells, and these wells were contamina
Following the Asian tsunami of 26 December 2004, the vital domestic fresh-water wells in the coastal zone were either scoured out of