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Globally, cholera epidemics continue to challenge disease control.
Where large groups of people are displaced either by conflict or by natural disaster and they are likely to stay in a location for p
Introduction: The major aim of hand washing promotion programs is to persuade people to change their behaviour to reduce high-risk h
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) are often predisposed to infectious diseases because of the temporary nature of their abode whic
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.
Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic poses a grave threat to refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).
Supplying safe drinking water in humanitarian emergencies is critical, and source water chlorination is a commonly implemented inter