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Safe and widely accessible water is critical for people's health.
Globally, cholera epidemics continue to challenge disease control.
This document has been prepared to share the 10-year experience, from 2010 to 2020, that UNICEF staff and their partners have accumu
Despite documented health benefits of household water treatment and storage (HWTS), achieving sustained use remains challenging.
Water chlorination is widely used in emergency responses to reduce diarrheal diseases, although communities with no prior exposure t
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.
The risk for cholera infection is >100 times higher for household contacts of cholera patients during the week after the index pa
The international response to Haiti’s ongoing cholera outbreak has been multifaceted, including health education efforts by communit