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Attention to menstrual health in humanitarian responses is increasing, but evidence related to people with intellectual disabilities
Women and girls with disabilities may be excluded from efforts to achieve menstrual health during emergencies.
There is increased recognition within humanitarian response practice about the importance of addressing the menstruation-related nee
Menstrual health is important for adolescent girls and is particularly compromised in displaced communities due to restricted access
Urban areas in low- and middle-income countries are under chronic water stress, and multiple water source use (MWSU) is common.
Menstruation and menstrual hygiene management (MHM) are issues that have long been shrouded in shame and silence.
Pubescent girls face unique emotional barriers to returning to school after a disaster concerning water, sanitation and hygiene (WAS
The branding of humanitarian assets and programme signage (often in English) is common practice in displacement contexts.
Emergency responses in humanitarian contexts require rapid set-up of water supply.