Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Key questions and answers concerning water, sanitation and hygiene

Provision of water and sanitation plays an essential role in protecting human health during all disease outbreaks, including the current Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak. Good and consistently applied water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) practices, both in health-care settings and the community will further help to prevent human-to-human transmission of EVD and many other infectious diseases.

Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Key questions and answers concerning water, sanitation and hygiene

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Fact Sheet

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English

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Global

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UNICEF

World Health Organization

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