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Internally displaced persons (IDPs) are often predisposed to infectious diseases because of the temporary nature of their abode whic
Water chlorination is widely used in emergency responses to reduce diarrheal diseases, although communities with no prior exposure t
Background In October 2010, Haiti was struck by a large-scale cholera epidemic.
Theories and strategies of social mobilization, capacity building, mass and interpersonal communication, as well as risk communicati
After a series of earthquakes devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 12 January 2010, safe excreta disposal became an urgent priority.
An immediate need and vital resource, potable water becomes critical in the aftermath of a disaster; affected communities cannot rec
In peri-urban Monrovia, contaminated hand-dug wells were contributing to cholera outbreaks.