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Poo-ruse and share informational resources to advocate for greater investments to defeat diarrheal disease. Click the link below to visit our ‘State of the Field Report’ for up-to-date data and research related to diarrheal disease.

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Two scientists in a laboratory: a woman in blue scrubs with gloves and hairnet holds test tubes, while a man in a white lab coat points at them. Laboratory equipment and papers are visible in the background.
Jun 20, 2023

Keeping close watch on cholera

Emergency situations intensify the risk of severe diarrhea. Waterborne diseases like cholera spark epidemics amid conflict, flooding, drought, or even displacement from volcanic eruption. Vaccines and education can save lives.  Dr. Raphaël Senga...
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A woman wearing a green headscarf and a colorful patterned dress stands outdoors. People and makeshift tents are seen in the blurry background, suggesting a crowded, possibly refugee or camp setting. The atmosphere appears busy and the ground looks muddy.
Jun 20, 2023

A mother protects her family's health and safety

Emergency situations intensify the risk of severe diarrhea. Waterborne diseases like cholera spark epidemics amid conflict, flooding, drought, or even displacement from volcanic eruption. Vaccines and education can save lives. Espérance Leonard is...
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A person wearing a blue coat and a colorful patterned shirt holds a strip of white medical vials up to the camera, showing them prominently. The individual has a serious expression and stands indoors with a dark background.
Jun 20, 2023

Cholera risk among displaced families

Emergency situations intensify the risk of severe diarrhea. Waterborne diseases like cholera spark epidemics amid conflict, flooding, drought, or even displacement from volcanic eruption. Vaccines and education can save lives.   
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A person wearing a white hoodie stands outdoors with an open-mouthed expression. In the background, people in colorful clothing are engaged in various activities near a modest building. A person in a green uniform sits on a chair.
Jun 20, 2023

Community connections foster protection

Emergency situations intensify the risk of severe diarrhea. Waterborne diseases like cholera spark epidemics amid conflict, flooding, drought, or even displacement from volcanic eruption. Vaccines and education can save lives. 
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A cartoon poop character with a happy face holds a bar of soap with bubbles, a stethoscope, and a medical clipboard. Text above reads, "Water + Soap + Toilets = Better Health". A hashtag "#PooGuru" is at the bottom. The background is purple.
Nov 01, 2022

Poo Guru: better health

Meet the Poo Guru! She is flush with facts about toilets, sanitation, and their vital role in global health.  Hygiene and sanitation are public health building blocks. Before medicines and vaccines, clean water and sanitation were on the front lin...
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Illustration of a smiling anthropomorphic poop wearing a lab coat, holding a vaccine syringe and a clipboard. Text at the top reads, "Vaccines and Sanitation: Better Together." A hashtag "#PooGuru" is displayed at the bottom.
Sep 18, 2022

Poo Guru: vaccines and sanitation

Meet the Poo Guru! She is flush with facts about toilets, sanitation, and their vital role in global health.  Vaccines protect against waterborne diseases like typhoid and cholera, which can thrive when sanitation is lacking. Together, sanitation a...
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A close-up of hands being washed under running water with seven blue water droplets labeled: Education, Soap, Infrastructure, Water, Public Policy, Access, Funding. Text below reads, "HYGIENE'S HELPING HANDS | DEFEATDD". The background features green foliage.
Sep 15, 2021

Hygiene's Helping Hands

Clean water, sanitation, and hygiene—collectively known as WASH—are essential for child health. They are foundational solutions to fighting diarrheal disease.   WASH solutions should be sustainable, locally focused, and supported by polic...
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Text on a cracked dark background reads, "Climate change is the greatest global health threat facing the world in the 21st century." Source: The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change. "DEFEATDD" is in the bottom right corner.
Sep 15, 2021

Climate change is the biggest global health threat

As climate extremes become more common due to climate change, they will put stress on the world’s water and sanitation systems – many of which are aging, poorly planned, or nonexistent. This means more outbreaks of waterborne disease, and those w...
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Several adults and children walk outdoors near a building. One woman, dressed in a colorful dress, walks while holding a child in her arms. The group appears to be in a sunny, open environment with trees casting shadows on the ground.
Sep 29, 2020

Thank you, health workers

We applaud you with clean hands! Thank you for all that you do.
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A flow diagram illustrating the transmission routes from fecal matter to a person. Arrows connect feces to fluids, fields, floors, flies, fingers, and fomites, which then lead to food and subsequently to a person, indicating potential contamination pathways.
May 01, 2020

WASH and its links to nutrition

There is strong evidence linking safe WASH to health and nutrition, though nutrition is only one of many development outcomes from investment in WASH services. USAID has identified four recommendations for WASH programming that are likely to have gre...
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