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Background: Cholera poses a significant global health burden.
Household water treatment with chlorine can improve the microbiological quality of household water and reduce diarrhea
Diarrhea and acute respiratory infections account for nearly 30% of deaths among children displaced by humanitarian emergencies.
When responding to an emergency situation, ensuring safe excreta disposal is an urgent priority in the disaster relief effort.
The devastating earthquake of 2005 severely damaged over 4000 water and sanitation schemes in northern Pakistan.