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On May 2, 2009 an outbreak of typhoid fever began in rural villages along the Malawi-Mozambique border resulting in 748 illnesses an
Water, sanitation, and hygiene are one part of a cholera control strategy.
Cholera remains a significant threat to global public health with an estimated 100,000 deaths per year.
Dispensers are a source-based water quality intervention with promising uptake results in development contexts.
Locally manufactured sodium hypochlorite (chlorine) solution has been sold in Zimbabwe since 2010.
Household water treatment (HWTS) methods, such as boiling or chlorination, have long been recommended in emergencies.
In July 2007, a study by the Centre for Environmental Health Engineering, at the University of Surrey, assessed a modified method of