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Background: Diarrhea and acute respiratory infections (ARI) account for 30% of deaths among children displaced due
Effective menstrual management is essential for the mental and physical well-being of women.
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.