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After the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, Oxfam carried out various activities to improve WASH facilities for communit
The UNICEF Cholera Toolkit provides UNICEF staff and partners with practical resources to implement an integrated approach to chole
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.
A simple method for filtering water to reduce the incidence of cholera was tested in a field trial in Matlab, Bangladesh, and proved
In July 2007, a study by the Centre for Environmental Health Engineering, at the University of Surrey, assessed a modified method of
In peri-urban Monrovia, contaminated hand-dug wells were contributing to cholera outbreaks.