Breaking down silos: integrating WASH into displacement crisis response

Forcibly displaced populations are repeatedly exposed to public health risks and threats when they leave behind their social networks, livelihoods, service providers, and infrastructures. Displaced people often see their health weakened during their displacement journey because they lack food and adequate nutrition, safe water and sanitation services, and often do not have the resources to maintain basic hygiene. Here, Deola discusses how to integrate water, sanitation and hygiene services in crisis response.