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Dispensers are a source-based water quality intervention with promising uptake results in development contexts.
The international response to Haiti’s ongoing cholera outbreak has been multifaceted, including health education efforts by communit
When water supplies are compromised during an emergency, responders often recommend household water treatment and safe storage (HWTS
Médecins Sans Frontières-Operational Centre Amsterdam piloted the distribution of household disinfection kits (HDKs) and health prom
In a disaster context, where risk for diarrhoeal disease is elevated, personal hygiene, i.e.
Household water treatment (HWTS) methods, such as boiling or chlorination, have long been recommended in emergencies.
As recent emergencies have shown, there are still significant challenges in the timely provision of safe sanitation in natural disas
In addition to the dire medical needs resulting from the 2010 Haiti earthquake, over 1.5 million people were left without access to
In response to the recent cholera outbreak, a public health response targeted high-risk communities, including resource-poor communi
After a series of earthquakes devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 12 January 2010, safe excreta disposal became an urgent priority.