2024 water funding gap report
Action Against Hunger released the 2024 Water Funding Gap report, finding that globally, only 36% of appeals for water- and sanitation-related funding were met in 2023, leaving a 64% gap. Despite dwindling
Drinking Water
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Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2017
The 2017 global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) provides a headline estimation of poverty and its composition for 103 countries across the world. The global MPI measures the nature and intensity of
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Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey 2016
The 2016 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) is the fourth Demographic and Health Survey conducted in Ethiopia. It was implemented by the Central Statistical Agency (CSA) at the request of the
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Tanzania: Govt Directs Audit of All Water Projects in the Country By July 20
Dodoma — District Executive Directors have until July 20, 2017 to submit to the government an audit report on water projects in their jurisdictions. The audit should show the up-to-date status of the
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Sixteen Deaths Due To Water Contamination: Andhra Pradesh officials spread awareness, locals suspicious of water filters
Finding that there were not enough medicines at the health centres in the mandal to meet an emergency, the government has lifted the cap on storing medicines at PHCs, and with community health workers.
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Experts find new strain of cholera that spreads faster
The new strain does not lead to sporadic cases, but attacks groups of people, which is why it is stated to be virulent. Hyderabad: Forty-five strains of ‘vibrio’ cholera were isolated from 10 different
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Half of water samples fail test in Muktsar district
The results of the water samples tested by the health authorities in Muktsar district show that the residents here are at a risk of contracting waterborne diseases. Of the total 45 water sample reports
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All Cape municipalities now have a step-by-step guide to imposing water cuts
All Western Cape municipalities have been given instructions on how to implement water restrictions. Members of the provincial legislature were taken aback last week when the head of disaster management
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Typhoid brought under control in Muchinga
THE Ministry of Health (MOH) says typhoid that broke out in Muchinga and Lusaka provinces early this year is now under control. MOH spokesperson Kennedy Malama said currently, there is no patient under
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City of Cape Town warns of further, intensified water restrictions
Cape Town - The City of Cape Town is preparing for the imminent implementation of intensified water restrictions, water and waste services mayoral committee member Xanthea Limberg said on Monday. The
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Construction on wetlands ramps up water stress in Zimbabwe
HARARE, June 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Unspooling the rope tied to a metal bucket, Shylet Nhari listens to the repeated clangs of the tin striking the walls of the well as her bucket makes its