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
-
Quantification of rotavirus diarrheal risk due to hydroclimatic extremes over south Asia: Prospects of satellite‐based observations in detecting outbreaks
<p>Rotavirus is the most common cause of diarrheal disease among children under 5. Especially in South Asia, rotavirus remains the leading cause of mortality in children due to diarrhea. As climatic extremes
-
Two die of diarrhea, 82 hospitalised in Kaduna
No fewer than two children have died and 82 others hospitalized following an outbreak of vomiting and diarrhoea in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt
-
Woman killed, dozens hospitalized from cholera in Tana River
A woman, 50, has died at an isolation ward in Bura after showing symptoms of cholera. Medical authorities have reported cases of diarrhoea and vomiting in Bura township, Hirimani, Matagla and Jaridende
-
Zimbabwe: Cholera Outbreak Thwarts Macheso Gig
Chegutu — Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) ambassador and sungura king Alick Macheso last Friday heeded the call by Civil Protection Unity (CPU) in Chegutu to cancel his gig. The show that was scheduled
-
Cholera outbreak threatens regional economic gains
Botswana has warned its citizens against travelling to Zambia while Namibia has banned food import from that country after an outbreak of cholera, in a move that observers say is likely to affect the movement
-
Zambia tables cholera resolution at global heath indaba
Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary Dr. Jabbin Mulwanda cuts the ribbon to officially launch the 2016-2020 Strategic Plan, This was during the official launch of the General Nursing Council Strategic
-
Tamil Nadu gathering data on climate change-prone areas for the web
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government is mapping the areas across the state, which are vulnerable to climate change by collating data and feeding it in a Tamil Nadu State Climate Change Knowledge Management
-
Environment Ministry, UNICEF outline action against cholera
Luanda - An emergency programme with prevention measures for several diseases, especially cholera, is being prepared by the Ministry of Environment and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), in the
-
Zambian state accused of negligence amid cholera outbreak
Zambian environmentalist activists have accused the country's government of mismanaging Lusaka's water system and causing an outbreak of cholera. More than 70 people have died and over 3,000 have been
-
Jaundice threat: Himachal Pradesh chief secretary orders departments to coordinate
SHIMLA: With the existing dry weather conditions posing threat of jaundice and some cases already being reported from Mandi, Solan and Shimla districts, Himachal Pradesh chief secretary Vineet Chawdhary