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Pubescent girls face unique emotional barriers to returning to school after a disaster concerning water, sanitation and hygiene (WAS
Emergency responses in humanitarian contexts require rapid set-up of water supply.
Post-disaster relief and recovery operations seldom focus on women’s priorities regarding menstrual hygiene.
Appropriate and adequate sanitation solutions are crucial for the protection of human and environmental health in emergencies.
In order to ensure maximum consumer benefits (e.g.
After a series of earthquakes devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 12 January 2010, safe excreta disposal became an urgent priority.
Emergency water treatment approaches relying on coagulation vary from centralised modular and portable ‘‘kits’’ to ‘‘
In peri-urban Monrovia, contaminated hand-dug wells were contributing to cholera outbreaks.