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Proof-of-concept evaluation at Cox’s Bazar of the Safe Water Optimization Tool: water quality modelling for safe water supply in humanitarian emergencies

Ali SI, De Santi M, Arnold M, Khan UT, Penney TL,  et al.
2025-08-20 • BMJ Global Health
2025-08-20 • BMJ Global Health

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Waterborne diseases are leading concerns in emergencies. Humanitarian guidelines stipulate univer...

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Keeping it simple: a gender-specific sanitation tool for emergencies

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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...

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...

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...

Elevation and cholera: an epidemiological spatial analysis of the cholera epidemic in Harare, Zimbabwe, 2008-2009

Fernandez MAL, Schomaker M, Mason PR, Fesselet JF, Baudot Y,  et al.
2012-06-18
2012-06-18
BACKGROUND
In highly populated African urban areas where access to clean water is a challenge, water source contamination is one of the most cited risk factors in a cholera epidemic....

Uptake of household disinfection kits as an additional measure in response to a cholera outbreak in urban areas of Haiti

Gartley M, Valeh P, de Lange RFJ, Viscusi A, Lenglet AD,  et al.
2013-12-01
2013-12-01
Médecins Sans Frontières-Operational Centre Amsterdam piloted the distribution of household disinfection kits (HDKs) and health promotion sessions for cholera prevention in households of...

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 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...

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...

Identification of main malaria vectors and their insecticide resistance profile in internally displaced and indigenous communities in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Loonen JACM, Dery DB, Musaka BZ, Bandibabone JB, Bousema T,  et al.
2020-11-23 • Malaria Journal
2020-11-23 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND
Malaria remains a major public health concern in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and its control is affected by recurrent conflicts. Médecins Sans Frontières (M...

Elevation and cholera: an epidemiological spatial analysis of the cholera epidemic in Harare, Zimbabwe, 2008-2009

Fernandez MAL, Schomaker M, Mason PR, Fesselet JF, Baudot Y,  et al.
2012-06-18 • BMC Public Health
2012-06-18 • BMC Public Health
BACKGROUND
In highly populated African urban areas where access to clean water is a challenge, water source contamination is one of the most cited risk factors in a cholera epidemic....

Knowledge, attitudes and practice (KAP) survey of long-lasting insecticide-treated bedNets (LLITNs) in the refugee camps of Kule, Tierkidi and Nguenyyiel, in Gambela, Ethiopia, MSF-OCA catchment area

Doyle K, Isidro Carrion Martin A, Piening T, Ramirez A, Fesselet JF,  et al.
2018-07-01
2018-07-01
These materials can be used, adapted and copied as long as citation of the source is given including the direct URL to the material. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attrib...
de Lange RFJ, Lenglet AD, Fesselet JF, Gartley M, Altyev A,  et al.
2014-01-01 • Waterlines
2014-01-01 • Waterlines
Mainstreaming gender in an emergency water and sanitation (WatSan) response can be difficult as standard consultations and participation processes take too much time. To facilitate a rap...

Effectiveness of emergency water treatment practices in refugee camps in South Sudan

Ali SS, Fesselet JF
2015-06-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2015-06-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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To investigate the concentration of residual chlorine in drinking water supplies in refugee camps, South Sudan, March-April 2013.

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For each of three ref...

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

De Santi M, Arnold M, Fesselet JF, Hyvärinen AMJ, Taylor DL,  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...

Uptake of household disinfection kits as an additional measure in response to a cholera outbreak in urban areas of Haiti

Gartley M, Valeh P, de Lange RFJ, Viscusi A, Lenglet AD,  et al.
2013-12-01 • Journal of Water and Health
2013-12-01 • Journal of Water and Health
Médecins Sans Frontières-Operational Centre Amsterdam piloted the distribution of household disinfection kits (HDKs) and health promotion sessions for cholera prevention in households of...

Does community-wide water chlorination reduce hepatitis E virus infections during an outbreak? a geospatial analysis of data from an outbreak in Am Timan, Chad (2016–2017)

Lenglet AD, Ehlkes L, Taylor DL, Fesselet JF, Nassariman JN,  et al.
2020-08-01 • Journal of Water and Health
2020-08-01 • Journal of Water and Health
Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) genotype 1 and 2 infect an estimated 20 million people each year, via the faecal-oral transmission route. An urban outbreak of HEV occurred in Am Timan, Chad, bet...

Research protocol - Exploring Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) systems, practices and perceptions in selected MSF health structures: a mixed method study

Moncrieff IS, Fesselet JF, Stringer B, Lenglet AD
2019-05-01
2019-05-01
STUDY RATIONALE
Social acceptance is essential to ensuring appropriate use of WatSan facilities and services, yet given the lack of knowledge amongst women and girls in low-income se...