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Background: Cholera remains a leading cause of infectious disease outbreaks globally, and a major public health threat in complex em
Background In October 2010, Haiti was struck by a large-scale cholera epidemic.
Cholera remains a significant threat to global public health with an estimated 100,000 deaths per year.
After the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, Oxfam carried out various activities to improve WASH facilities for communit
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.
Large-scale urban WASH programming requires different approaches to those normally employed in Oxfam emergency response activities.
The cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe between 2008-2009 also came against a backdrop of water and sanitation infrastructure issues that r