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Background: Diarrhea and acute respiratory infections (ARI) account for 30% of deaths among children displaced due
Changes in water quality of a sand aquifer on the east coast of Sri Lanka due to the 26 December 2004 tsunami and subsequent remedia
Children under 18 can represent 50% or more of a crisis-affected population.
Recent investigations into the March 2003 outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong have concluded that environmental factors played an importan