Published in Lab Business Week, December 31st, 2006
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Report 1: Point-of-use water treatment and improved water storage reduced the incidence of diarrhea by 90% when compared to improved water storage alone in camps for the internally displaced in Liberia, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
In camp settings during emergencies, diarrheal diseases have accounted for more than 40% of all deaths, and a majority of deaths of small children. The study...
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Source: Lab Business Week (2006-12-31)
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