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Background: Somalia reported repeated cholera outbreaks between 2017 and 2019.
Objective To describe the implementation of case-area targeted interventions to reduce cholera transmission using a
The emergence, transmission and distribution of vector-borne diseases (VBDs) are determined by the pathogens, the vectors, the envir
Legal principles and moral obligations that guarantee the basic needs of people living in humanitarian crisis situations (HCSs) pred
This paper aims to understand the value of collaboration in a ‘state of emergency’ situation, featuring the case of the water, sanit
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that improving water, sanitation and hygiene could prevent at least 9.1% of the global
The devastating earthquake of 2005 severely damaged over 4000 water and sanitation schemes in northern Pakistan.
The bacteriological quality of drinking-water supply of five major urban centres affected by the October 2005 earthquake in Pakistan
Most households in the districts of Sri Lanka affected by the tsunami possessed drinking water wells, and these wells were contamina
This paper describes the potential of ecological sanitation (ecosan), and in particular of urine-diversion dehydrating (UDD) toilets