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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.
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.
Post-disaster relief and recovery operations seldom focus on women’s priorities regarding menstrual hygiene.
After a series of earthquakes devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 12 January 2010, safe excreta disposal became an urgent priority.
Communicable diseases are of particular concern in conflict and disaster-affected populations that reside in camp settings.
In peri-urban Monrovia, contaminated hand-dug wells were contributing to cholera outbreaks.