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Somali Region of Ethiopia has been affected by drought for several years.
Background. Diarrhoeal diseases are a major contributor to morbidity and mortality in humanitarian crises.
The project was implemented jointly by LWF and NCA.
This paper describes the potential of ecological sanitation (ecosan), and in particular of urine-diversion dehydrating (UDD) toilets
Diarrhoea is one of the five major causes of death in an emergency setting and one of the three main causes of death in children (Cu