SynthesisThe Journal of infectious diseases2018
Household Water Treatment and Cholera Control.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.
- Associations of water quality with cholera in case-control studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Pooled it
- Cholera in Kenya: A scoping review of current research, evidence gaps and future directions.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Strengthening Water Quality Monitoring Following Cyclones Idai and Kenneth in Mozambique.Journal of water resource and protection · 2025Article
- Case-area targeted interventions and free chlorine residual in household drinking water: An observational cohort study during a cholera outbreak in Northeast Nigeria.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Observational
- Case-area targeted interventions during a large-scale cholera epidemic: A prospective cohort study in Northeast Nigeria.PLoS medicine · 2024Observational
- Water pollution, cholera, and the role of probiotics: a comprehensive review in relation to public health in Bangladesh.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Review
- Cholera resurgence in Africa: assessing progress, challenges, and public health response towards the 2030 global elimination target.Le infezioni in medicina · 2024Review
- Food as a Driver of a Cholera Epidemic in Jijiga, Ethiopia-June 2017.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2023Article
- Predictive Intelligence for Cholera in Ukraine?GeoHealth · 2022Article
- A reaction-advection-diffusion model of cholera epidemics with seasonality and human behavior change.Journal of mathematical biology · 2022Article
- Identifying transferable lessons from cholera epidemic responses by Médecins Sans Frontières in Mozambique, Malawi and the Democratic Republic of Congo, 2015-2018: a scoping review.Conflict and health · 2022Article
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- Risk Factors for Epidemic Cholera in Lusaka, Zambia-2017.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2020Article
- Improved chlorination and rapid water quality assessment in response to an outbreak of acute watery diarrhea in Somali Region, Ethiopia.Journal of water, sanitation, and hygiene for development : a journal of the International Water Association · 2020Article
- Distribution of hygiene kits during a cholera outbreak in Kasaï-Oriental, Democratic Republic of Congo: a process evaluation.Conflict and health · 2020Article
- Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices on Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene in Some Selected LGAs in Kaduna State, Northwestern Nigeria.Journal of environmental and public health · 2020Article
- Knowledge, attitude and practices on cholera in an arid county, Kenya, 2018: A mixed-methods approach.PloS one · 2020Article
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- Evaluation of an Emergency Bulk Chlorination Project Targeting Drinking Water Vendors in Cholera-Affected Wards of Dar es Salaam and Morogoro, Tanzania.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2019Article
- Responding to epidemics in large-scale humanitarian crises: a case study of the cholera response in Yemen, 2016-2018.BMJ global health · 2019Article
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Abstract
Water, sanitation, and hygiene are one part of a cholera control strategy. Household water treatment (HWT) in particular has been shown to improve the microbiological quality of stored water and reduce the disease burden. We conducted a systematic review of published and gray literature to determine the outcomes and impacts of HWT in preventing cholera specifically. Fourteen manuscripts with 18 evaluations of HWT interventions in cholera were identified. Overall, a moderate quality of evidence suggests that HWT interventions reduce the burden of disease in cholera outbreaks and the risk of disease transmission. Appropriate training for users and community health worker follow-up are necessary for use. Barriers to uptake include taste and odor concerns, and facilitators include prior exposure, ease of use, and links to preexisting development programming. Further research on local barriers and facilitators, HWT filters, scaling up existing development programs, program sustainability, integrating HWT and oral cholera vaccine, and monitoring in low-access emergencies is recommended.
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