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Large-scale urban WASH programming requires different approaches to those normally employed in Oxfam emergency response activities.
A simple method for filtering water to reduce the incidence of cholera was tested in a field trial in Matlab, Bangladesh, and proved
The cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe between 2008-2009 also came against a backdrop of water and sanitation infrastructure issues that r
In a large malaria outbreak in the context of civil war in Burundi, provincial health authority and Médecins
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
Following the earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean in 2004, the emergency response that ensued prioritized the health and well
Diarrhoea is one of the five major causes of death in an emergency setting and one of the three main causes of death in children (Cu
Regular biting collections were conducted in 1993-1994 to investigate seasonal fluctuations in the abundance of anophelines in Afgha
Malaria control among nomadic populations has, in the past, posed serious logistic difficulties.