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Children under 18 can represent 50% or more of a crisis-affected population.
Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) response in urban contexts has been identified by the Global WASH Learning Project as a priorit
The cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe between 2008-2009 also came against a backdrop of water and sanitation infrastructure issues that r
Inadequate sanitation, inadequate water supplies and poor hygiene are critical determinants for survival of victims of natural disas
Point-of-use (POU) water treatment with sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) has been proven to reduce diarrheal disease in de
In July 2007, a study by the Centre for Environmental Health Engineering, at the University of Surrey, assessed a modified method of
The devastating earthquake on 8 October 2005 caused the immediate death of more than 70,000 people with injury and displacement to m
This briefing paper is aimed at all those involved in facilitating hygiene improvement in an acute.
The December 2004 tsunami in Sumatra, Indonesia, destroyed drinking water infrastructure, placing over 500,000 displaced persons at
Recent investigations into the March 2003 outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong have concluded that environmental factors played an importan