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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
The emergence, transmission and distribution of vector-borne diseases (VBDs) are determined by the pathogens, the vectors, the envir
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
An immediate need and vital resource, potable water becomes critical in the aftermath of a disaster; affected communities cannot rec
The bacteriological quality of drinking-water supply of five major urban centres affected by the October 2005 earthquake in Pakistan
The devastating earthquake on 8 October 2005 caused the immediate death of more than 70,000 people with injury and displacement to m
Communicable diseases are of particular concern in conflict and disaster-affected populations that reside in camp settings.
Malaria control among nomadic populations has, in the past, posed serious logistic difficulties.