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Engaging communities in humanitarian programming is key to ensuring their participation in decision-making that affects them as outl
On May 2, 2009 an outbreak of typhoid fever began in rural villages along the Malawi-Mozambique border resulting in 748 illnesses an
The world is witnessing the highest levels of forced human displacement on record, leading to people being housed in urban centres a
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
Médecins Sans Frontières-Operational Centre Amsterdam piloted the distribution of household disinfection kits (HDKs) and health prom
As recent emergencies have shown, there are still significant challenges in the timely provision of safe sanitation in natural disas
The construction of sufficient latrines for displaced people in rocky, high water-table areas can be a problem.
In addition to the dire medical needs resulting from the 2010 Haiti earthquake, over 1.5 million people were left without access to
Diarrhoea is one of the five major causes of death in an emergency setting and one of the three main causes of death in children (Cu