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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Water and sanitation related diseases cost Pakistan Rs two billion per annum
Federal Minister for Environment Hameed Ullah Jan Afridi, on Wednesday, said that according to estimates, water, sanitation and hygiene related diseases cost Pakistan's economy about Rs 112 billion per year, over Rs 300 million a day in terms of health cost. He added that out of this, the cost associated with diarrheas alone was around Rs 55-80 billion per year.
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Gastroenteritis claims two lives in Orissa
BHUBANESWAR: At least two persons have died and eight others have been affected by gastroenteritis in Prasanti Vihar slum of the State capital during past one week.
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20 ill after drinking contaminated water
July 23: Twenty residents of Vinayaknagar near Malkajgiri have been suffering from fever and stomach ache after drinking contaminated water, which was supplied in the area for the past two days. No cases of diarrhoea or other water-borne diseases were reported from the area. The victims went to Fever Hospital and other clinics nearby for treatment.
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Gastroenteritis breaks out in Karachi
After the first downpour of monsoon season in Karachi, the outbreak of viral and bacterial diseases, like gastro-enteritis, has been reported from various health facilities of the metropolis due to the failure of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) to provide clean drinking water to the consumers.
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Cholera: hawk eye on areas where suspected cases live
Mumbai The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) health officials are awaiting culture test reports of the three persons who tested positive for cholera in the hanging drop test. All three are at Kasturba Hospital under treatment. Areas where they stayed have been screened by health officials.
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Gastroenteritis hits Qilla Abdullah villages
The district administration of Qilla Abdullah has ordered closure of educational institutions for three days because of an outbreak of gastroenteritis. According to provincial Minister for Revenue Zamarak Khan Achakzai, more than 600 people, mostly women and children, have been affected and one woman has died.
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Mild form of cholera has BMC springing into action
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is gearing up to tackle the cholera menace after 25-year-old Motiben Chavhan tested positive for the mild form of the disease. Motiben, a resident of Ambedkar Nagar in Cuffe Parade, is recuperating at the civic-run Kasturba Hospital in Chinchpokli.
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35 people afflicted with diarrhoea
Tiruvannamalai: Around 35 people of T.Velur near Thanippadi were afflicted with diarrhoea on Monday. Since a number of diarrhoea cases reported from T.Velur, Deputy Director (Health Services) Chithra has organised a medical camp in the village.
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Another disaster unfolding in Sundarbans
Almost a month after the devastating cyclone Aila hit the Sundarbans, the world
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Faith in water: water supply, sanitation and hygiene facilities and related education in faith-based schools
The holy city of Benares in India, or Varanasi, is known for its Ghats, the sites where the River Ganges purifies the bodies of the live bathers and the ashes of the cremated dead. Close to them is the huge square mouth of the city sewerage system, which disgorges its load of blackwater into the river, irrespective of its religious functions.