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Background In October 2010, Haiti was struck by a large-scale cholera epidemic.
This discussion paper summarizes the results and implications of a study commissioned by the World Bank to conduct
Children under 18 can represent 50% or more of a crisis-affected population.
A simple method for filtering water to reduce the incidence of cholera was tested in a field trial in Matlab, Bangladesh, and proved