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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
Globally, cholera epidemics continue to challenge disease control.
Case-area targeted interventions (CATIs) against cholera are conducted by rapid response teams, and may include various activities l
Background In October 2010, Haiti was struck by a large-scale cholera epidemic.
Purpose. The 2014 outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa was the largest in history.
In September 2016, Médecins Sans Frontières responded to a hepatitis E (HEV) outbreak in Chad by implementing water treatment and hy
The risk for cholera infection is >100 times higher for household contacts of cholera patients during the week after the index pa