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Response to epidemic disease

This chapter describes the explosive impact epidemic diseases can have in the humanitarian setting, and outlines four principal diseases with epidemic potential in humanitarian settings (cholera, dysentery, measles, and meningitis). It covers the fundamental precipitants of infectious disease spread in humanitarian settings, including displacement, disruption of the local health services, and overcrowding, and the important principles to prevent spread, such as advance planning, hygiene measures, surveillance, and response.