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Background: Handwashing with soap is critical for the prevention of diarrhoeal diseases and outbreak related diseases, including int
Household members of diarrhea patients are at higher risk of developing diarrheal diseases (>100 times for cholera) than the gene
Globally, cholera epidemics continue to challenge disease control.
The most important information concerning WASH and the COVID-19 virus is summarized here.
Cholera has been eliminated as a public health problem in high-income countries that have implemented sanitation system separating t
There are increasing numbers of people affected by natural disasters, disease outbreaks, and conflict.
The risk for cholera infection is >100 times higher for household contacts of cholera patients during the week after the index pa
Handwashing practices prove to be an effective and easy way of ensuring the health of populations affected by emergencies and humani