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Household members of diarrhea patients are at higher risk of developing diarrheal diseases (>100 times for cholera) than the gene
This programme guide is intended to support humanitarian staff primarily working in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector
The most important information concerning WASH and the COVID-19 virus is summarized here.
Diarrhea and acute respiratory infections account for nearly 30% of deaths among children displaced by humanitarian emergencies.
Appropriate and adequate sanitation solutions are crucial for the protection of human and environmental health in emergencies.
After a series of earthquakes devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 12 January 2010, safe excreta disposal became an urgent priority.
In peri-urban Monrovia, contaminated hand-dug wells were contributing to cholera outbreaks.