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Background: Handwashing with soap is critical for the prevention of diarrhoeal diseases and outbreak related diseases, including int
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) are often predisposed to infectious diseases because of the temporary nature of their abode whic
The current Sphere guideline for water chlorination in humanitarian emergencies fails to reliably ensure household water safety in r
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 a disaster context, where risk for diarrhoeal disease is elevated, personal hygiene, i.e.
For people affected by disaster, whether wars, earthquakes, or disease epidemics, conditions of life can change suddenly and in ways
Household water treatment (HWTS) methods, such as boiling or chlorination, have long been recommended in emergencies.