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Handwashing with soap is widely recognized as a key strategy for reducing the transmission of disease, particularly in emergency con
This paper examines how emotional motivators can be used to promote handwashing with soap (HWWS) among mothers affected by an emerge
On May 2, 2009 an outbreak of typhoid fever began in rural villages along the Malawi-Mozambique border resulting in 748 illnesses an
Background: Refugees are at high risk for communicable diseases due to overcrowding and poor water, sanitation,
Diarrheal disease is a common cause of morbidity and mortality.
For people affected by disaster, whether wars, earthquakes, or disease epidemics, conditions of life can change suddenly and in ways
Large-scale urban WASH programming requires different approaches to those normally employed in Oxfam emergency response activities.
Tropical Storm Jeanne struck Haiti in September 2004, causing widespread flooding which contaminated water sources, displaced thousa