[Correspondence] Water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions: an urgent requirement in post-flood Nepal

Another natural disaster struck in Nepal between Aug 11 and Aug 12, 2017, when heavy rainfall caused extensive flooding in 21 Terai (lowland) districts bordering India. By Aug 16, 2017, 75  000 households had been affected and 123 people had been killed.1

Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - October 25, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Om Prasad Gautam, Yael Velleman, Krishna Prasad Paudel, Meghnath Dhimal, Val Curtis Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research