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Safe and widely accessible water is critical for people's health.
The consistent use of household water treatment and storage (HWTS) technologies is necessary for human health.
Globally, cholera epidemics continue to challenge disease control.
Water chlorination is widely used in emergency responses to reduce diarrheal diseases, although communities with no prior exposure t
In August 2015, an outbreak of cholera was reported in Tanzania.
The risk for cholera infection is >100 times higher for household contacts of cholera patients during the week after the index pa
The provision of safe water in adequate quantities is a basic necessity in emergencies to prevent the transmission of infectious dis
Household water treatment (HWTS) methods, such as boiling or chlorination, have long been recommended in emergencies.
A simple method for filtering water to reduce the incidence of cholera was tested in a field trial in Matlab, Bangladesh, and proved