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Individuals living near cholera patients have an increased risk of cholera infections.
Background. Children in humanitarian situations are particularly vulnerable to diseases such as diar- rhoea.
Adequate environmental health services are critical for human rights, health, and development, especially in the context of forced d
Background: Hygiene promotion is a cornerstone of humanitarian response during infectious disease outbreaks.
During the initial phase of the 2014–2016 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in Monrovia, Liberia, all hospitals’ isolation capaciti
Somali Region of Ethiopia has been affected by drought for several years.
Supplying safe drinking water in humanitarian emergencies is critical, and source water chlorination is a commonly implemented inter
Recent investigations into the March 2003 outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong have concluded that environmental factors played an importan
This paper describes the potential of ecological sanitation (ecosan), and in particular of urine-diversion dehydrating (UDD) toilets