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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Heatstroke continues to take toll: 3 more die: Diarrhoea turns endemic City water system contaminated
Diarrhoea outbreak in the city has become phenomenal as the inhabitants have no other way except for drinking muddy and stinking water. Scorching heat continues all over the country, our correspondents from Bhola, Rangpur and Gopalganj have reported that one person in each place has died of heatstroke.
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Malaria eradication: WHO to provide Rs 800 million in five years
World Health Organisation (WHO) has agreed to provide a grant of Rs 800 million to the Punjab government during the next five years for the eradication of Malaria in the province. Sources in the health department told Business Recorder on Tuesday that the government has also approved an amount of Rs 188 million for the next five years for control of Malaria.
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Goal Of Eliminating Malaria In Sight: Experts
Fresh efforts and funding to tackle malaria in recent years have brought the goal of eradicating the deadly disease within sight, health experts said on Friday. Wiping out malaria worldwide could take decades but many countries where it is endemic are on the brink of eliminating the disease, which infects up to 500 million people a year and kills nearly one million worldwide, they said.
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Gastro claims 12 lives in 1 month
Labourers dig a canal on the river bed of Koel near Pump House at Jhirpani. Water level in the river has drastically gone down in the last few weeks. KENDRAPARA: Death toll from gastro reached 12 in Rajnagar block with the death of an eight-year-old Babi Das of Hansua village yesterday.
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Now oil spillage (Editorial)
No end to pollution of rivers
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Water-borne diseases spreading in Sirajganj
At least 200 people were attacked with diarrhoea, pneumonia, jaundice and other water-borne diseases in nine upazilas in last three days. The diseases have broken out rapidly due to scorching heat in last few days, Civil Surgeon's Office sources said. Children and elderly people are the worst sufferers, they said.
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Water-borne diseases spreading in Sirajganj
At least 200 people were attacked with diarrhoea, pneumonia, jaundice and other water-borne diseases in nine upazilas in last three days. The diseases have broken out rapidly due to scorching heat in last few days, Civil Surgeon's Office sources said. Children and elderly people are the worst sufferers, they said.
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Drive for clean water to be launched
Taking a serious note of increasing cases of water contamination in the city, Lucknow Municipal Corporation(LMC) and Jal Sansthan have decided to conduct a joint drive across the city.The civic authorities have also introduced several other measures to prevent the residents from several water-borne diseases.
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Preventive diseases still among top 10
Preventable diseases like diarrhoea, skin infections and conjunctivitis are still among the top 10 diseases in Bhutan, according to the annual health bulletin (AHB), 2009.
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Four borewells sealed in Bhiwandi
Thane: Contaminated water from four borewells in Bhiwandi has triggered a spate of gastroenteritis. The Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation (BNMC) has sealed the borewells. Two were dug by BNMC and the other two by a local resident, Mamuchi.