Oxfam America

AWD Epidemic Public Health Response in Ethiopia

A collaborative project between Harvard Humanitarian Initiative and Oxfam

Research Paper

Published: December 2006

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Publication Summary

Oxfam America has been working together with the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative to foster evidence-based field practice in situatiions as diverse as working with conflict-displaced populations to drought-affected pastoralists. When acute watery diarrhea (AWD) began to spread at an alarming rate throughout Ethiopia, OA's Horn of Africa Regional Office again collaborated with HHI to asssess the ongoing response, identify gaps, and practice evidence-based interventions.