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Background In October 2010, Haiti was struck by a large-scale cholera epidemic.
This report is the first installment of the ‘Social Science in Epidemics’ series, commissioned by the USAID Office of U.S.
Appropriate and adequate sanitation solutions are crucial for the protection of human and environmental health in emergencies.
Water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions can interrupt diarrhoeal disease transmission and reduce the burden of morbidity and mo