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Background: Diarrhea and acute respiratory infections (ARI) account for 30% of deaths among children displaced due
Household water treatment with chlorine can improve the microbiological quality of household water and reduce diarrhea
When responding to an emergency situation, ensuring safe excreta disposal is an urgent priority in the disaster relief effort.
In order to ensure maximum consumer benefits (e.g.
Point-of-use (POU) water treatment with sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) has been proven to reduce diarrheal disease in de
Emergency water treatment approaches relying on coagulation vary from centralised modular and portable ‘‘kits’’ to ‘‘
A number of organizations engaged in tanker trucks to deliver water to populations affected by the 2005 tsunami in Indonesia.