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Background: Diarrhea and acute respiratory infections (ARI) account for 30% of deaths among children displaced due
When responding to an emergency situation, ensuring safe excreta disposal is an urgent priority in the disaster relief effort.
Children under 18 can represent 50% or more of a crisis-affected population.
Following the Asian tsunami of 26 December 2004, the vital domestic fresh-water wells in the coastal zone were either scoured out of