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Purpose. The 2014 outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa was the largest in history.
Appropriate and adequate sanitation solutions are crucial for the protection of human and environmental health in emergencies.
After a series of earthquakes devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 12 January 2010, safe excreta disposal became an urgent priority.
Batch water treatment consists of the intermittent use of settling tanks for water clarification, and is a common treatment practice
In peri-urban Monrovia, contaminated hand-dug wells were contributing to cholera outbreaks.