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Appropriate and adequate sanitation solutions are crucial for the protection of human and environmental health in emergencies.
Children under 18 can represent 50% or more of a crisis-affected population.
In this paper, we argue for including a full hygiene promotion intervention as an early part of emergency response.
Recent investigations into the March 2003 outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong have concluded that environmental factors played an importan