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In humanitarian emergency settings there is need for low cost and rapidly deployable interventions to protect vulnerable children, i
The objective of this review is to identify sanitation failures that have contributed to the occurrence of diarrhoeal disease outbre
Background In October 2010, Haiti was struck by a large-scale cholera epidemic.
Background. Diarrhoeal diseases are a major contributor to morbidity and mortality in humanitarian crises.
Recent systematic reviews have highlighted a paucity of rigorous evidence to guide water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) intervention
Cholera remains a significant threat to global public health with an estimated 100,000 deaths per year.
Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions are amongst the most crucial in humanitarian crises, although the impact of the
In a disaster context, where risk for diarrhoeal disease is elevated, personal hygiene, i.e.
For people affected by disaster, whether wars, earthquakes, or disease epidemics, conditions of life can change suddenly and in ways
Household water treatment (HWTS) methods, such as boiling or chlorination, have long been recommended in emergencies.