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Background: Somalia reported repeated cholera outbreaks between 2017 and 2019.
Objective To describe the implementation of case-area targeted interventions to reduce cholera transmission using a
Introduction: The major aim of hand washing promotion programs is to persuade people to change their behaviour to reduce high-risk h
The emergence, transmission and distribution of vector-borne diseases (VBDs) are determined by the pathogens, the vectors, the envir
This discussion paper summarizes the results and implications of a study commissioned by the World Bank to conduct
In September 2016, Médecins Sans Frontières responded to a hepatitis E (HEV) outbreak in Chad by implementing water treatment and hy
After the Ebola outbreak was declared in Sierra Leone, in June 2014, early messages about the high mortality rate of Ebola were met
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that improving water, sanitation and hygiene could prevent at least 9.1% of the global
After the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, thousands of agencies, organizations, and individual people tried to find ways to help the pe