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sanitation

Term

The application of measures and techniques aimed at ensuring and improving general hygiene in the community, including the collection, evacuation and disposal of liquid and solid wastes, as well as measures for creating favourable environmental conditions for health and disease prevention.

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Definition source publication

United Nations. Internationally agreed glossary of basic terms related to disaster management.

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Definition source URL

http://www.unisdr.org/unisdr/glossaire.htm

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United Nations

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Long definition

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