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Introduction: The major aim of hand washing promotion programs is to persuade people to change their behaviour to reduce high-risk h
Despite documented health benefits of household water treatment and storage (HWTS), achieving sustained use remains challenging.
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) are often predisposed to infectious diseases because of the temporary nature of their abode whic
Water chlorination is widely used in emergency responses to reduce diarrheal diseases, although communities with no prior exposure t
Handwashing with soap is widely recognized as a key strategy for reducing the transmission of disease, particularly in emergency con
The current Sphere guideline for water chlorination in humanitarian emergencies fails to reliably ensure household water safety in r
Background. Children in humanitarian situations are particularly vulnerable to diseases such as diar- rhoea.
Household spraying is a commonly implemented, yet an under-researched, cholera response intervention where a response team sprays su
Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic poses a grave threat to refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).
MSF has intervened recently in several contexts where large-scale surface water treatment has been a significant feature of the WatS