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Despite documented health benefits of household water treatment and storage (HWTS), achieving sustained use remains challenging.
Water chlorination is widely used in emergency responses to reduce diarrheal diseases, although communities with no prior exposure t
The reliance on chlorination in humanitarian operations has raised concerns among practitioners about possible health risks associat
Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions are key to reducing the burden of disease associated with outbreaks, and are com
There are increasing numbers of people affected by natural disasters, disease outbreaks, and conflict.
On May 2, 2009 an outbreak of typhoid fever began in rural villages along the Malawi-Mozambique border resulting in 748 illnesses an
Locally manufactured sodium hypochlorite (chlorine) solution has been sold in Zimbabwe since 2010.
In July 2007, a study by the Centre for Environmental Health Engineering, at the University of Surrey, assessed a modified method of