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The most important information concerning WASH and the COVID-19 virus is summarized here.
Purpose. The 2014 outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa was the largest in history.
When responding to an emergency situation, ensuring safe excreta disposal is an urgent priority in the disaster relief effort.
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.