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Background: Hygiene promotion is a cornerstone of humanitarian response during infectious disease outbreaks.
Background In October 2010, Haiti was struck by a large-scale cholera epidemic.
After the Ebola outbreak was declared in Sierra Leone, in June 2014, early messages about the high mortality rate of Ebola were met
Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions are amongst the most crucial in humanitarian crises, although the impact of the