Mozambique’s response to cyclone Idai: how collaboration and surveillance with water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions were used to control a cholera epidemic

Mozambique’s response to cyclone Idai: how collaboration and surveillance with water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions were used to control a cholera epidemic

Abstract Cyclone Idai, which hit Mozambique in March 2019, was one of the worst climate-related natural disasters on record in the Southern Hemisphere causing massive destruction of housing and disruption to vital infrastructure including the electrical grid, communications and water supply. Almost...

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Main Authors: Joaquim Domingos Lequechane, Arlete Mahumane, Falume Chale, Crescêncio Nhabomba, Cristolde Salomão, Clemente Lameira, Sérgio Chicumbe, Cynthia Semá Baltazar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Subjects:
Cyclone Idai
Mozambique
Cholera
Sanitation
Disaster
Disease outbreak
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40249-020-00692-5

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