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Assessment of water, sanitation and hygiene services within nineteen Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh in 2022

Butt S, Chowdhury MSR, Sadique S, Faisal AA, Mahama A,  et al.
2025-06-09 • BMC Health Services Research
2025-06-09 • BMC Health Services Research

BACKGROUND

Since August 2017, approximately 960,000 Rohingya refugees have settled in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) infrastruct...

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Letter

DR Congo's conflict and cholera: a call for ring vaccination

Al-Rabeeah AA, Ebrahim SH, Mwamba D, Ditekemena J, Christou C,  et al.
2025-04-04 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2025-04-04 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
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Review

Risk factors for cholera mortality: a scoping review

Pampaka D, Alberti K, Olson D, Ciglenecki I, Barboza P
2025-04-02 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2025-04-02 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

OBJECTIVES

Cholera is an easily treatable disease, but many people are still unnecessarily dying from it. To improve current case management practices and preve...

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Research

Impact of a multi-pronged cholera intervention in an endemic setting

Blake A, Walder A, Hanks EM, Welo PO, Luquero F,  et al.
2025-02-19 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2025-02-19 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Cholera is a bacterial water-borne diarrheal disease transmitted via the fecal-oral route that causes high morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. It is preventable with vaccination...

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Research

Evaluating chlorine taste and odor acceptability to inform drinking water chlorination in humanitarian settings: Lessons from trials in Uganda

Heylen C, String G, Naliyongo D, Ali SI, Brown J,  et al.
2025-02-11 • PLOS Water
2025-02-11 • PLOS Water

While standard methods for chlorine taste and odor (T&O) detection and rejection thresholds exist, little rigorous research has been conducted on T&O thresholds in humanitaria...

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Research

Protecting the safe water chain in refugee camps: An exploratory study of water handling practices, chlorine decay, and household water safety in South Sudan, Jordan, and Rwanda

Ali SI, De Santi M, Monette G, Khan UT, Fesselet JF,  et al.
2024-12-03 • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
2024-12-03 • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)

In refugee and internally displaced person settlements, hygienic water handling and free residual chlorine (FRC) are crucial for protecting water against recontamination after distrib...

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Slide Presentation

Antibiotic smart community project

Ali HM
2024-11-08 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024
2024-11-08 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024
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Research

Impact of sanitation on rodent population and plague status in an informal settlement on the outskirts of Mahajanga (Madagascar)

Rahelinirina S, Razafiarimanga ZN, Rajerison M, Djedanem M, Handschumacher P,  et al.
2024-10-22 • Pathogens
2024-10-22 • Pathogens

Plague is a zoonotic disease caused by Yersinia pestis, and it is endemic in Madagascar. The plague cycle involves wild and commensal rodents and their fleas; humans are an accidental...

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Research

Evaluation of the safe water optimization tool to provide evidence-based chlorination targets in surface waters: Lessons from a refugee setting in Uganda

Heylen C, String G, Naliyongo D, Ali SI, Brown J,  et al.
2024-10-09 • Environmental Health Perspectives
2024-10-09 • Environmental Health Perspectives

The Safe Water Optimization Tool (SWOT) generates evidence-based point-of-distribution free residual chlori...

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Research

Lot quality assurance sampling survey for water, sanitation and hygiene monitoring and evidence-based advocacy in Bentiu IDP camp, South Sudan

Tesfay BE, Gobezie D, Sinaga IA, Jacob A, Mullahzada AW,  et al.
2024-07-15 • PLOS One
2024-07-15 • PLOS One

Background

Every year, 60% of deaths from diarrhoeal disease occur in low and middle-income countries due to inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene. In these...

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Poster

Decrease in diarrheal illness consultations after introduction of a portable water treatment system in Maat, South Sudan: A retrospective analysis

Guardiola M, Skidmore J, Kituyi M, Sagrado MJ, Tembo K
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
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Video

Decrease in diarrheal illness consultations after introduction of a portable water treatment system in Maat, South Sudan: A retrospective analysis

Guardiola M, Skidmore J, Kituyi M, Sagrado MJ, Tembo K
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
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Research

Analysis of dry and wet season water quality in the municipality of La Gomera, Guatemala

Caballero A, Garcia M, Pérez-Sabino F, Lickes S, Guzmán-Quilo C,  et al.
2024-03-29 • Water Practice & Technology
2024-03-29 • Water Practice & Technology

There is a need for access to clean potable water worldwide. However, almost every source of surface water in Guatemala is contaminated. This study assesses the potential exposure to ...

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Short Report

Assessing changes in bacterial load and antibiotic resistance in the Legon sewage treatment plant between 2018 and 2023 in Accra, Ghana

Adjei RL, Adomako LAB, Korang-Labi A, Avornyo FK, Timire C,  et al.
2023-08-28 • Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
2023-08-28 • Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Wastewater treatment plants are efficient in reducing bacterial loads but are also considered potential drivers of environmental antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In this study, we determi...
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Research

Modelling point-of-consumption residual chlorine in humanitarian response: Can cost-sensitive learning improve probabilistic forecasts?

De Santi M, Ali SI, Arnold M, Fesselet JF, Hyvärinen AMJ,  et al.
2022-09-06 • PLOS Water
2022-09-06 • PLOS Water
Ensuring sufficient free residual chlorine (FRC) up to the time and place water is consumed in refugee settlements is essential for preventing the spread of waterborne illnesses. Water s...
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Research

Inclusion of real-time hand hygiene observation and feedback in a multimodal hand hygiene improvement strategy in low-resource settings

Lenglet AD, van Deursen B, Viana R, Abubakar N, Hoare S,  et al.
2019-08-02 • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
2019-08-02 • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
IMPORTANCE
Hand hygiene adherence monitoring and feedback can reduce health care-acquired infections in hospitals. Few low-cost hand hygiene adherence monitoring tools exist in low-r...
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Commentary

A tale of two cities: restoring water services in Kabul and Monrovia

Pinera JF, Reed RA
2009-07-27 • Disasters
2009-07-27 • Disasters
Kabul and Monrovia, the respective capitals of Afghanistan and Liberia, have recently emerged from long-lasting armed conflicts. In both cities, a large number of organisations took part...
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Commentary

Biodegradable bags as emergency sanitation in urban settings: the field experience

Coloni F, Van der Bergh R, Sittaro F, Giandonato S, Loots G,  et al.
2012-01-01 • Waterlines
2012-01-01 • Waterlines
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Research

Evidence-based chlorination targets for household water safety in humanitarian settings: Recommendations from a multi-site study in refugee camps in South Sudan, Jordan, and Rwanda

Ali SI, Ali SS, Fesselet JF
2020-11-16 • Water Research
2020-11-16 • Water Research
The current Sphere guideline for water chlorination in humanitarian emergencies fails to reliably ensure household water safety in refugee camps. We investigated post-distribution chlori...
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Research

Using Lot Quality Assurance Sampling to Assess Access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Services in a Refugee Camp Setting in South Sudan: A Feasibility Study

Harding E, Beckworth C, Fesselet JF, Lenglet AD, Lako RL,  et al.
2017-08-08 • BMC Public Health
2017-08-08 • BMC Public Health
Humanitarian agencies working in refugee camp settings require rapid assessment methods to measure the needs of the populations they serve. Due to the high level of dependency of refugee...