Correction: Use of Oral Cholera Vaccine and Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in a Long-Standing Refugee Camp, Thailand, 2012-2014

Cholera — the new strike of an old foe

“…It has been estimated that there are 1.3 to 4.0 million cases of illness and 21,000 to 143,000 deaths worldwide due to cholera annually [1]. It is expected that the global climate change, including rapid and often unplanned urbanisation, could also increase the rates of cholera infections [15].…”

“…Since 2010, killed whole-cell oral cholera vaccines have been recommended by the WHO as an additional tool for endemic and epidemic cholera prevention and control and for reducing the severity of the disease [1]. However, they should only be used in conjunction with improvements in water and sanitation to control cholera outbreaks and for prevention in areas known to be high risk for cholera.…”

“…Cholera is a bacterial disease caused by an infection of small intestine by Vibrio cholerae after ingestion of products contaminated with toxigenic strains, serogroups O1 and O139 [1]. Vibrio cholerae is a distinctive, comma-shaped gram-negative rod.…”

Barriers and motivators to participation in hand washing promotion programs at household level among refugees in Rhino Settlement, Arua District _ Uganda

“…This finding is supported by Marie-Rosette et al (2017) who also reported that staying in camps for long has a negative relationship with participating in hand washing promotion. However, it disagrees with Scobie et al (2017) who reported that people who spend longer time in refugee camps are expected to be exposed to hand washing promotion activities and would have adopted good hygiene practices (Scobie et al, 2017). But this is not always the case in refugee camps.…”