Fact sheets on environmental sanitation

Cholera and other epidemic. Diarrhoeal diseases control

Overview

The fact sheets have been produced by the Robens Institute of the University of Surrey for the World Health Organization in an attempt to consolidate  concepts, procedures and techniques developed by different authors for the prevention and control of cholera and other epidemic diarrhoeal diseases  through improved environmental sanitation practices. Issues of relevance to the prevention and control of cholera and other epidemic diarrhoeal diseases, identified in many different publications, have been presented as far as possible in a comprehensive and practical way. 

The document covers four major areas: planning, water supply, sanitation and hygiene education. (Various pagings)

Please note that the fact sheets are split into several files. The present part contains the Introduction, Series 1: Planning, and Series 2: Water, fact sheets 2.1 to 2.5.  The other parts can be accessed by the additional links below.


Editors
Robens Institute, University of Surrey, UK.
Reference numbers
WHO Reference Number: WHO/EOS/96.4
Copyright
World Health Organization