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The project was implemented jointly by LWF and NCA.
Purpose. The 2014 outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa was the largest in history.
Appropriate and adequate sanitation solutions are crucial for the protection of human and environmental health in emergencies.
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.