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Background: Somalia reported repeated cholera outbreaks between 2017 and 2019.
Objective To describe the implementation of case-area targeted interventions to reduce cholera transmission using a
Today, people worldwide can expect to live into their 60s and beyond.
Of the two billion people worldwide lacking access to at least basic sanitation, seven out of ten live in rural areas (JMP 2019).
The emergence, transmission and distribution of vector-borne diseases (VBDs) are determined by the pathogens, the vectors, the envir
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that improving water, sanitation and hygiene could prevent at least 9.1% of the global
The bacteriological quality of drinking-water supply of five major urban centres affected by the October 2005 earthquake in Pakistan
The cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe between 2008-2009 also came against a backdrop of water and sanitation infrastructure issues that r
Recent investigations into the March 2003 outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong have concluded that environmental factors played an importan
Communicable diseases are of particular concern in conflict and disaster-affected populations that reside in camp settings.