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Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic poses a grave threat to refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).
The most important information concerning WASH and the COVID-19 virus is summarized here.
Cholera continues to be a significant problem in humanitarian settings, with recent outbreaks in displaced populations in South Suda
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
After a series of earthquakes devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 12 January 2010, safe excreta disposal became an urgent priority.
The Treguine refugee camp in Eastern Chad, is in a semi-arid terrain of hard, crystalline rock, where hard-rock boreholes proved ina
In peri-urban Monrovia, contaminated hand-dug wells were contributing to cholera outbreaks.