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The current Sphere guideline for water chlorination in humanitarian emergencies fails to reliably ensure household water safety in r
Cholera has been eliminated as a public health problem in high-income countries that have implemented sanitation system separating t
Chlorine tablets are commonly distributed for household water treatment in emergencies.
Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions are key to reducing the burden of disease associated with outbreaks, and are com
Clean water provision is a critical component of emergency response, and chlorination is widely used in emergencies to treat water.
The provision of safe water in adequate quantities is a basic necessity in emergencies to prevent the transmission of infectious dis
Cholera remains a significant threat to global public health with an estimated 100,000 deaths per year.
Dispensers are a source-based water quality intervention with promising uptake results in development contexts.
Emergency water treatment approaches relying on coagulation vary from centralised modular and portable ‘‘kits’’ to ‘‘
There is currently limited public information available concerning methods for the selection of appropriate water trea