Point-of-use Water Treatment and Diarrhoea Reduction in the Emergency Context: an Effectiveness Trial in Liberia

This case study of 400 households in camps for displaced people in Monrovia, Liberia, highlights that POU water treatment with a flocculant-disinfectant plus improved water storage reduced diarrhoea incidence by 90%.

DOOCY, S. BURNHAM, G. (2006): Point-of-use Water Treatment and Diarrhoea Reduction in the Emergency Context: an Effectiveness Trial in Liberia. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Center for Refugee and Disaster Response URL [Accessed: 21.05.2019]