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Background: Hygiene promotion is a cornerstone of humanitarian response during infectious disease outbreaks.
There is a new shift in political interest in sanitation in India with the newly launched Swacha Bharat Abhiyan on 2 October 2014.
Household water treatment (HWTS) methods, such as boiling or chlorination, have long been recommended in emergencies.