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Internally displaced persons (IDPs) are often predisposed to infectious diseases because of the temporary nature of their abode whic
Women and adolescent girls in disaster-prone and fragile contexts face many challenges.
This discussion paper summarizes the results and implications of a study commissioned by the World Bank to conduct
Appropriate and adequate sanitation solutions are crucial for the protection of human and environmental health in emergencies.
When responding to an emergency situation, ensuring safe excreta disposal is an urgent priority in the disaster relief effort.
After a series of earthquakes devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 12 January 2010, safe excreta disposal became an urgent priority.
In peri-urban Monrovia, contaminated hand-dug wells were contributing to cholera outbreaks.