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Purpose. The 2014 outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa was the largest in history.
This background paper focuses on supporting sustainable, equitable and resilient water services over the short and long term during
Children under 18 can represent 50% or more of a crisis-affected population.
The devastating earthquake on 8 October 2005 caused the immediate death of more than 70,000 people with injury and displacement to m