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Background. Children in humanitarian situations are particularly vulnerable to diseases such as diar- rhoea.
Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic poses a grave threat to refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).
Supplying safe drinking water in humanitarian emergencies is critical, and source water chlorination is a commonly implemented inter
Background: Diarrhea and acute respiratory infections (ARI) account for 30% of deaths among children displaced due
Cholera has been eliminated as a public health problem in high-income countries that have implemented sanitation system separating t
In humanitarian emergency settings there is need for low cost and rapidly deployable interventions to protect vulnerable children, i
Chlorine tablets are commonly distributed for household water treatment in emergencies.
The reliance on chlorination in humanitarian operations has raised concerns among practitioners about possible health risks associat