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Worldwide, there are an estimated <a href="https://www.unhcr.org/figures-at-a-glance.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">79.5 million people</a> who have been forcibly displaced from their homes and are living in camps, camp-like settings or informal settlements. These settlements include planned camps put in place by national governments or international agencies; self-settled camps developed by affected populations; transit camps used by people travelling through a country or region, and collective centres where an existing building is repurposed. Populations in camps and camp-like settings can typically be defined as <a href="https://www.unhcr.org/figures-at-a-glance.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), asylum seekers, stateless people, and/or people in refugee-like situations</a>.

Want to learn more about COVID-19 programming in camps and camp-like settings?

<a href="https://resources.hygienehub.info/en/articles/4343132-why-are-populations-in-camps-and-camp-like-settings-more-at-risk-from-covid-19">Why are populations in camps and camp-like settings more at risk from COVID-19?</a>

<a href="https://resources.hygienehub.info/en/articles/4343143-what-actions-should-be-implemented-in-camps-and-camp-like-settings-to-reduce-transmission-of-covid-19">What actions should be implemented in camps and camp-like settings to reduce transmission of COVID-19?</a>

<a href="https://resources.hygienehub.info/en/articles/4343148-how-can-wash-programmes-be-adapted-to-reduce-person-to-person-transmission-in-camps-or-camp-like-settings">How can WASH programmes be adapted to reduce person-to-person transmission in camps or camp-like settings?</a>

<a href="https://resources.hygienehub.info/en/articles/4343162-what-other-covid-19-preventative-actions-should-be-implemented-to-reduce-person-to-person-transmission-in-camps-or-camp-like-settings">What other COVID-19 preventative actions should be implemented to reduce person-to-person transmission in camps or camp-like settings?</a>

<a href="https://resources.hygienehub.info/en/articles/4343166-how-can-contact-exposure-and-surface-transmission-be-reduced-in-camps-and-camp-like-settings">How can contact exposure and surface transmission be reduced in camps and camp-like settings?</a>

<a href="https://resources.hygienehub.info/en/articles/4343174-how-can-we-encourage-individuals-with-covid-19-symptoms-and-their-contacts-to-self-isolate-and-seek-care-as-needed">How can we encourage individuals with COVID-19 symptoms (and their contacts) to self-isolate and seek care as needed?</a>

<a href="https://resources.hygienehub.info/en/articles/4343180-what-other-resources-are-there-on-working-in-camps-and-camp-like-settings">What other resources are there on working in camps and camp-like settings?</a>

- <a href="https://resources.hygienehub.info/en/articles/4343132-why-are-populations-in-camps-and-camp-like-settings-more-at-risk-from-covid-19">Why are populations in camps and camp-like settings more at risk from COVID-19?</a>
- <a href="https://resources.hygienehub.info/en/articles/4343143-what-actions-should-be-implemented-in-camps-and-camp-like-settings-to-reduce-transmission-of-covid-19">What actions should be implemented in camps and camp-like settings to reduce transmission of COVID-19?</a>
- <a href="https://resources.hygienehub.info/en/articles/4343148-how-can-wash-programmes-be-adapted-to-reduce-person-to-person-transmission-in-camps-or-camp-like-settings">How can WASH programmes be adapted to reduce person-to-person transmission in camps or camp-like settings?</a>
- <a href="https://resources.hygienehub.info/en/articles/4343162-what-other-covid-19-preventative-actions-should-be-implemented-to-reduce-person-to-person-transmission-in-camps-or-camp-like-settings">What other COVID-19 preventative actions should be implemented to reduce person-to-person transmission in camps or camp-like settings?</a>
- <a href="https://resources.hygienehub.info/en/articles/4343166-how-can-contact-exposure-and-surface-transmission-be-reduced-in-camps-and-camp-like-settings">How can contact exposure and surface transmission be reduced in camps and camp-like settings?</a>
- <a href="https://resources.hygienehub.info/en/articles/4343174-how-can-we-encourage-individuals-with-covid-19-symptoms-and-their-contacts-to-self-isolate-and-seek-care-as-needed">How can we encourage individuals with COVID-19 symptoms (and their contacts) to self-isolate and seek care as needed?</a>
- <a href="https://resources.hygienehub.info/en/articles/4343180-what-other-resources-are-there-on-working-in-camps-and-camp-like-settings">What other resources are there on working in camps and camp-like settings?</a>

Review: <a href="http://www.ranas.ch/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Miriam Harter</a>, <a href="https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/people/abdelmagid.nada" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nada Abdelmagid</a>, Tara Vernon, Bruce Spires

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