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Background: Cholera remains a leading cause of infectious disease outbreaks globally, and a major public health threat in complex em
Cholera remains a significant threat to global public health with an estimated 100,000 deaths per year.
In a disaster context, where risk for diarrhoeal disease is elevated, personal hygiene, i.e.
For people affected by disaster, whether wars, earthquakes, or disease epidemics, conditions of life can change suddenly and in ways
Household water treatment (HWTS) methods, such as boiling or chlorination, have long been recommended in emergencies.
A simple method for filtering water to reduce the incidence of cholera was tested in a field trial in Matlab, Bangladesh, and proved