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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After the cyclonic storm, the epidemic scare
A boy feeds his younger brother at a temporary shelter after fleeing cyclone-hit areas in the Irrawaddy division of Myanmar on Thursday. Here are the health questions and answers in the aftermath of cyclone Nargis that slammed Myanmar recently: What is the main health risk after the cyclone?
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Doctors' warning over rising cases of gastroenteritis
Doctors in the Capital have sounded a note of warning over the rising number of gastroenteritis cases in recent day, with the city already having recorded 8,268 cases till March this year. Hygiene The number of cases is higher than what was recorded during the corresponding period last year. In 2007, 5,140 cases of gastroenteritis were reported till March, while 7,354 cases were recorded in 2006.
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Burma media warns of disease risk
Burma's state media on Tuesday urged people to take precautions against disease in regions hit by tropical Cyclone Nargis. The cyclone tore through south-western Burma at the weekend, devastating the Irrawaddy Delta region and hammering the nation's main city of Rangoon. Many of the city's six million people were spending a fourth day on Tuesday without water or electricity, as trash and debris piled on the sidewalks. State radio urged people to safeguard their health and "to drink boiled water and keep pests out of food."
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'Form nat'l body for emergency diarrhoea preparedness'
Speakers at a seminar yesterday stressed the need for forming a national planning and policy committee for emergency diarrhoea preparedness with the support of the government and the NGOs. With the outbreak of diarrhoea worsening in the last few weeks, the speakers called for establishing satellite treatment centers with ICDDR,B-trained staff. They also suggested appropriate functional plans in collaboration with the government, increased behavioral change communication and awareness programme for the general population.
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Three die of diarrhoea
At least three persons died in Dhaka and Lakshmipur and 2263 contracted diarrhoeal diseases on Monday, according to the health services directorate general control room and the ICDDR,B. The number of people dying of diarrhoeal diseases and such patients is still on the rise after waterborne diseases rapidly spread across the country because of contaminated water and humid weather. One died of the disease and 626 received treatment at the International Centre for Dia-rrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh hospital on Monday, according to the DGHS control room.
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Floods recede, tab on outbreak of diseases
Floods in Ratnapura and Kalutara districts have eased but authorities warned of mosquito and water-borne diseases. "Polluted drinking water is the main problem in flood affected areas, while several measures have been taken by Divisional Secretariats in these areas to control the spread of disease," sources said. A team of officers from the National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) would make a visit today to report on the situation that has arisen due to the floods in Ratnapura district, the Officer of Ratnapura District Disaster Management Centre said.
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Kid dies after vaccine shot
A three-month-old boy, which was administered vaccine on Wednesday died on Saturday The child's parents alleged that death was due to vaccination while the Health Department declared it to be death due to diarrhoea.
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Gastroenteritis: Three more dead
Three more people were reported dead due to antric in the border area of Hailakandi district. With this the total death toll have risen to 20. Secretary, Hailakandi District Tribal Sangha has said to reporters that one Rejaring Tripura (29) of Kondanala village has died due to antric yesterday. Sources added that two children have lost their lives due to same reason within the last 24 hours.
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80 cases of diarrhoea reported in 1 week
The incidence of waterborne diseases is on the rise in the state. In all, 917 cases of acute diarrhoea were reported from the city in the last four months, of which 80 were detected in the last one week. In this context, the task force of the health department held a meeting and decided to take steps to prevent contamination of water and food. In Anantapur district, 98 cases of acute diarrhoea were reported in the past one week. Waterborne diseases were also reported from Putlur of the same district.
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Gastroenteritis: Tribal Sangha blames it on administration
President of Hailakandi District Tribal Sangha, Rajendra Reang has alleged that although Gastroenteritis, locally called antric disease has become an epidemic in the Mizoram border area of Hailakandi district, the district administration has taken no effective steps to contain the situation. Reang alleged that already more than 17 persons including women and children have lost their lives due to antric.