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Women and adolescent girls in disaster-prone and fragile contexts face many challenges.
When responding to an emergency situation, ensuring safe excreta disposal is an urgent priority in the disaster relief effort.
Children under 18 can represent 50% or more of a crisis-affected population.
The cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe between 2008-2009 also came against a backdrop of water and sanitation infrastructure issues that r