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Background In October 2010, Haiti was struck by a large-scale cholera epidemic.
Household water treatment with chlorine can improve the microbiological quality of household water and reduce diarrhea
Diarrhea and acute respiratory infections account for nearly 30% of deaths among children displaced by humanitarian emergencies.
Most households in the districts of Sri Lanka affected by the tsunami possessed drinking water wells, and these wells were contamina