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Background: Handwashing with soap is critical for the prevention of diarrhoeal diseases and outbreak related diseases, including int
Water chlorination is widely used in emergency responses to reduce diarrheal diseases, although communities with no prior exposure t
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.
Tropical Storm Jeanne struck Haiti in September 2004, causing widespread flooding which contaminated water sources, displaced thousa