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Background: Cholera poses a significant global health burden.
Globally, cholera epidemics continue to challenge disease control.
Purpose. The 2014 outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa was the largest in history.
Camps are places of refuge for people fleeing conflict and disaster, but they can be dangerous, especially for women and girls.
Poor lighting at water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities may reduce the usage of latrines and other services such as bathing
The risk for cholera infection is >100 times higher for household contacts of cholera patients during the week after the index pa
In 2014, ACF initiated an innovative approach for social mobilization activites that mobilizes the communities for impoving control
When responding to an emergency situation, ensuring safe excreta disposal is an urgent priority in the disaster relief effort.
In July 2007, a study by the Centre for Environmental Health Engineering, at the University of Surrey, assessed a modified method of