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Introduction Increasing handwashing with soap (HWWS) among older children in emergency settings can
Background: Handwashing with soap is critical for the prevention of diarrhoeal diseases and outbreak related diseases, including int
Background: There is growing attention to addressing the menstrual hygiene management (MHM) needs of the over 21 million displaced a
Introduction: The major aim of hand washing promotion programs is to persuade people to change their behaviour to reduce high-risk h
Water chlorination is widely used in emergency responses to reduce diarrheal diseases, although communities with no prior exposure t
Handwashing with soap is widely recognized as a key strategy for reducing the transmission of disease, particularly in emergency con
The current Sphere guideline for water chlorination in humanitarian emergencies fails to reliably ensure household water safety in r
Background. Children in humanitarian situations are particularly vulnerable to diseases such as diar- rhoea.
Supplying safe drinking water in humanitarian emergencies is critical, and source water chlorination is a commonly implemented inter