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The objective of this review is to identify sanitation failures that have contributed to the occurrence of diarrhoeal disease outbre
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.
Dispensers are a source-based water quality intervention with promising uptake results in development contexts.
Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions are amongst the most crucial in humanitarian crises, although the impact of the
Household water treatment (HWTS) methods, such as boiling or chlorination, have long been recommended in emergencies.
Point-of-use water treatment (PoUWT), such as boiling or chlorine disinfection, has long been recommended in emergencies.
The devastating earthquake of 2005 severely damaged over 4000 water and sanitation schemes in northern Pakistan.
Recent investigations into the March 2003 outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong have concluded that environmental factors played an importan