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Background: Diarrhea and acute respiratory infections (ARI) account for 30% of deaths among children displaced due
When responding to an emergency situation, ensuring safe excreta disposal is an urgent priority in the disaster relief effort.
In response to the recent cholera outbreak, a public health response targeted high-risk communities, including resource-poor communi
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.