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Background: Diarrheal illnesses are mainly linked with poverty, and hygiene promotion programs can significantly reduce childhood di
Appropriate behaviour change with regard to safe water contact practices will facilitate the elimination of schistosomiasis as a pub
Cash-based interventions are increasingly used in humanitarian response, including in the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sect
Globally, cholera epidemics continue to challenge disease control.
Background In October 2010, Haiti was struck by a large-scale cholera epidemic.
In September 2016, Médecins Sans Frontières responded to a hepatitis E (HEV) outbreak in Chad by implementing water treatment and hy
Protracted conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have left tens of millions of people in need of humanitarian
Background: Refugees are at high risk for communicable diseases due to overcrowding and poor water, sanitation,
In a disaster context, where risk for diarrhoeal disease is elevated, personal hygiene, i.e.