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Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic poses a grave threat to refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).
In humanitarian emergency settings there is need for low cost and rapidly deployable interventions to protect vulnerable children, i
Background In October 2010, Haiti was struck by a large-scale cholera epidemic.
This paper examines how emotional motivators can be used to promote handwashing with soap (HWWS) among mothers affected by an emerge
In September 2016, Médecins Sans Frontières responded to a hepatitis E (HEV) outbreak in Chad by implementing water treatment and hy
The risk for cholera infection is >100 times higher for household contacts of cholera patients during the week after the index pa
Background: Refugees are at high risk for communicable diseases due to overcrowding and poor water, sanitation,
The performance and acceptability of the Nerox™ membrane drinking water filter were evaluated among an internally displaced populati
Diarrheal disease is a common cause of morbidity and mortality.
In a disaster context, where risk for diarrhoeal disease is elevated, personal hygiene, i.e.