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Pubescent girls face unique emotional barriers to returning to school after a disaster concerning water, sanitation and hygiene (WAS
Fourteen years of civil war left Liberia with crumbling infrastructure and one of the weakest health systems in the world.
Background: Diarrhea and acute respiratory infections (ARI) account for 30% of deaths among children displaced due
Purpose. The 2014 outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa was the largest in history.
Post-disaster relief and recovery operations seldom focus on women’s priorities regarding menstrual hygiene.