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
Waterborne diseases
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Gastroenteritis hits Gandhian village
Seven die in one week Gandhian (Gurdaspur): Gastroenteritis has claimed the lives of as many as seven persons, including two children, at Gandhian village here in the past one week while more than 20 are still suffering from dehydration. The village is situated a few distance away from Gurdaspur.
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Waterborne disease claims two lives
Udhampur : Epidemic-like situation broke out in Majalata tehsil of Udhampur due to supply of contaminated drinking water and has so far claimed two lives while as a number of people have been admitted to hospitals and primary health centres. Deputy Commissioner, Udhampur, Ajay Khajuria today deputed a tehsildar to the affected villages.
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Mirza rural areas lack proper sanitation system
Health, a state of complete physical and mental well-being and not merely the absence of diseases as defined by WHO, is the prerequisite of all-round development inclusive of socio-economic prosperity. Though stress has been laid on ensuring better health delivery system in rural areas but lack of proper sanitation has been a matter of health hazard.
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Water contamination: 12 take ill
Twelve persons of Patrahalli village in Mulbagal taluk have taken ill after drinking contaminated water. The villagers on Monday complained of vomiting and diarrhoea. They are undergoing treatment in the government hospital. A recurring issue The taluk health officials said that the incidents of water contamination have been recurring in the village.
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Challenges of sustainable water quality management in rural India
This article discusses the various components that impact effective water quality management in rural India.
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Is the city fully prepared for monsoon? city pulse
The Chennai Corporation, other local bodies moving slowly in desilting stormwater drains and canals Set for repeat?: Will the city face similar challenges this monsoon? A submerged road in Valasaravakkam last year. Poor garbage disposal compounds the problem. Garbage being dumped in Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar.
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No action plan for any outbreak
New Delhi: A big challenge for the state health department during Commonwealth Games 2010 will be to ensure there is no outbreak of an epidemic of dengue and other vector-borne diseases. Instead of drawing up a combined action plan, the Delhi government and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) are busy in a blame game.
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Malaria transmission in the vicinity of impounded water: evidence from the Koka Reservoir, Ethiopia
The construction of dams in Africa is often associated with adverse malaria impacts in surrounding communities. However, the
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Solar drinking water disinfection (SODIS) to reduce childhood diarrhoea in rural Bolivia: A cluster-randomized, controlled trial
Doubt has been cast on a much-lauded method of disinfecting water using only sunlight, after a study found that it doesn't reduce diarrhoea among children in families using the technique.
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2 villages in Belgaum declared cholera-hit
Vakkund and Bhavihal villages from Bailhongal taluk with a population of about 12,000 were declared as