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Background: Refugees are at high risk for communicable diseases due to overcrowding and poor water, sanitation,
The international response to Haiti’s ongoing cholera outbreak has been multifaceted, including health education efforts by communit
Diarrheal disease is a common cause of morbidity and mortality.
Locally manufactured sodium hypochlorite (chlorine) solution has been sold in Zimbabwe since 2010.
When responding to an emergency situation, ensuring safe excreta disposal is an urgent priority in the disaster relief effort.
Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) response in urban contexts has been identified by the Global WASH Learning Project as a priorit
Tropical Storm Jeanne struck Haiti in September 2004, causing widespread flooding which contaminated water sources, displaced thousa
The Treguine refugee camp in Eastern Chad, is in a semi-arid terrain of hard, crystalline rock, where hard-rock boreholes proved ina
This briefing paper is aimed at all those involved in facilitating hygiene improvement in an acute.
The December 2004 tsunami in Sumatra, Indonesia, destroyed drinking water infrastructure, placing over 500,000 displaced persons at