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Background: Handwashing with soap is critical for the prevention of diarrhoeal diseases and outbreak related diseases, including int
Background: Cholera remains a leading cause of infectious disease outbreaks globally, and a major public health threat in complex em
In humanitarian emergency settings there is need for low cost and rapidly deployable interventions to protect vulnerable children, i
In August 2015, an outbreak of cholera was reported in Tanzania.
Background: Refugees are at high risk for communicable diseases due to overcrowding and poor water, sanitation,
Diarrheal disease is a common cause of morbidity and mortality.
Household water treatment (HWTS) methods, such as boiling or chlorination, have long been recommended in emergencies.
A simple method for filtering water to reduce the incidence of cholera was tested in a field trial in Matlab, Bangladesh, and proved
Tropical Storm Jeanne struck Haiti in September 2004, causing widespread flooding which contaminated water sources, displaced thousa