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Background: Cholera poses a significant global health burden.
Introduction A cholera epidemic began in Haiti over 8 years ago, prompting numerous, largely quantitative research studies.
Purpose. The 2014 outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa was the largest in history.
Diarrhea and acute respiratory infections account for nearly 30% of deaths among children displaced by humanitarian emergencies.
Mount Sinabung erupted in September 2013, causing the mass evacuation of more than 30,000 people.
The cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe between 2008-2009 also came against a backdrop of water and sanitation infrastructure issues that r