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Appropriate and adequate sanitation solutions are crucial for the protection of human and environmental health in emergencies.
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that improving water, sanitation and hygiene could prevent at least 9.1% of the global
Point-of-use water treatment (PoUWT), such as boiling or chlorine disinfection, has long been recommended in emergencies.
Emergency water treatment approaches relying on coagulation vary from centralised modular and portable ‘‘kits’’ to ‘‘
Tropical Storm Jeanne struck Haiti in September 2004, causing widespread flooding which contaminated water sources, displaced thousa
Communicable diseases are of particular concern in conflict and disaster-affected populations that reside in camp settings.