@article{a247e5a9395b48e995e1fc806f800aaf,
title = "Domestic water and sanitation in cyclones and floods in bangladesh and a proposed research agenda",
abstract = "Water is one of the top priority item s i relief activities but the appropriateness and effectiveness of this activity may be questioned. Water and sanitation (WS) are inseparable and together they play major roles in the transmission of the pathogen of diarrhoeal disease. Thousands of people die or suffer from WS-related diseases during postdisaster periods. Here we present WS-related experiences gained after Bangladesh's 1991 cyclone and the views of participants in a regional and a national (local) workshop on this matter held in Bangladesh. About 63 per cent of the water purifying tablets (WPTs) distributed after the 1991 cyclone were found to have lost potency Relief personnel lack basic knowledge about WS practices and the management of WS provision. Participants in the two workshops documented serious problems i this field at both regional and national levels. Major issues for research may include: an appropriate environmental preparedness plan; appropriate waste disposal technologies; appropriate water treatment methods; self- help activities during vulnerable periods; and health education related to WS in disaster situations.",
author = "Hoque, {Bilqis Amin} and Sack, {R. Bradley} and Chowdhury, {J. T.A.} and Nahid Ali",
note = "Funding Information: countries will facilitate regional and internatEiongnlaalnd Medical Center, Procter and Gamble, RAND collaboration. Corporation, SANDOZ, the Swiss Red Cross, and the ACKNOWLEDGMENTS University of Alabama at Birmingham, the University of This study was funded by the United States AgencIoyw fao,r and others. International Development under grant No. 3S8S8--0000 - G A.M.Zaldr Hussain, K.M.AA. ziz, and M.A bdur 1025-00 and tShweis s Development Cooperation with thReahim have reviewed the manuscript and we are grateful to InternationaCl entre forD iarrhoeal Disease Researcht,hem. We also acknowledge suppoJarth afrnogmiAr lam, S.U. BangladeshT.h e InternationCael ntrefor DiarrhoeaDl isease Dewan, Hazera Nazrul, Shamim ARl-ashid, andM izan Research, Bangladesh is supported by the aid agencieSsid odfi qthuee. We are grateful to the peCohpilteta ogfo ng relief Governments of Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Caangaednac,ies and participants in the regional workshop. China, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Tehrela Nnedtsh, Norway, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, SwedReEnF,ERENCES Switzerland, Thailand, the Uniteddo Kmin, gand the United States; international organizations including the Arab Gulf1. SiddiqueA, .K., A. Salam,M .S. Islam, .K. Akram, R.N. Fund, Asian Development Bank, European Union, the UnitedMajumder, KZ. aman, NF. ronezak, and LSa. ston, Nations Children{\textquoteright}s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Deaths AmonRgw anclan RefugeesG ionm a, Zaire,”“Why TreatmenCte ntres Failed to Prevent Cholera DevelopmenPtr ogramm, ethe United Nations Population The LanceVt,o L 345, 11 Feb. 1995, pp. 359-361. Fund, and the World Health Organization; private foundations2. SiddiqueA, .K., A.H.B aqui, AE. usof, and KZ.a man, including theA ga Khan Foundation, Child Health “1988 Floods in Bangladesh: Pattern of Illness and Foundation, Ford Foundation, Population Council, Causes of DeatJho,u” rnal ofD iarrhoeaD! isease Re-Rockefeller Foundation, andS atshaek awaFoundation; and searchV, oL 9, 1991, pp. 310-314. private organizations, including American Express Bank,3. Woodruff; B.A, MJ. Toole, D.CR. odrigue, E.W. Brink, Bayer A.G., CARE, Family Health International, Helen Kellerbikar, “Disease Surveillance After a Flood: Khartoum,M. El SadigM ahgoub, Mohamed Ahmed, aBnda-A.",
year = "1997",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1080/02508069708686718",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "22",
pages = "266--271",
journal = "Water International",
issn = "0250-8060",
publisher = "Routledge",
number = "4",
}