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Water, sanitation, and hygiene are one part of a cholera control strategy.
Theories and strategies of social mobilization, capacity building, mass and interpersonal communication, as well as risk communicati
Background: Refugees are at high risk for communicable diseases due to overcrowding and poor water, sanitation,
Cholera remains a significant threat to global public health with an estimated 100,000 deaths per year.
The international response to Haiti’s ongoing cholera outbreak has been multifaceted, including health education efforts by communit
Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions are amongst the most crucial in humanitarian crises, although the impact of the
In this paper, we argue for including a full hygiene promotion intervention as an early part of emergency response.
Médecins Sans Frontières-Operational Centre Amsterdam piloted the distribution of household disinfection kits (HDKs) and health prom
In a disaster context, where risk for diarrhoeal disease is elevated, personal hygiene, i.e.