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Background In October 2010, Haiti was struck by a large-scale cholera epidemic.
This background paper focuses on supporting sustainable, equitable and resilient water services over the short and long term during
Good hygiene practices are crucial for avoiding Ebola contamination during the transport and burial of deceased persons potentially
In this paper, we argue for including a full hygiene promotion intervention as an early part of emergency response.
In order to ensure maximum consumer benefits (e.g.
Emergency water treatment approaches relying on coagulation vary from centralised modular and portable ‘‘kits’’ to ‘‘
Following the Asian tsunami of 26 December 2004, the vital domestic fresh-water wells in the coastal zone were either scoured out of
In July 2007, a study by the Centre for Environmental Health Engineering, at the University of Surrey, assessed a modified method of
There is currently limited public information available concerning methods for the selection of appropriate water trea