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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Outbreak of cholera looms in Soroti due to low latrine coverage
According to the district health inspector Emmanuel Ekodeu, out of the 309 villages in the district, only 143 have toilet facilities and 64.3 percent have after toilet hand washing facilities. 166 villages
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Malawi: Cholera Kills Two in Karonga- Cases Rise to 51
Karonga — Karonga District Council and other stakeholders working in health sector are in dilemma over the fast spreading of a cholera outbreak in the district where two people have died with a total of
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WHO says rains to worsen cholera outbreak in Lusaka, Zambia
The World Health Organization, WHO says the Cholera outbreak that has killed 15 people and made 547 sick in Lusaka is expected to grow further as the rainy season starts. “The coming of the rainy season,
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Single dose vaccine may control cholera outbreaks: Study
In a recent study, a group of researchers have developed a high-dose cholera vaccine for controlling outbreaks. The vaccine, named Vaxchora, is a single-dose, live-attenuated oral vaccine. It was approved
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Zambia: Copperbelt Records First Cholera Case
Copperbelt Province has recorded its first cholera case in Ndola district. Copperbelt Permanent Secretary Elias Kamanga announced that the first case of cholera has been recorded in Ndola's Masala area.
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Dengue scare: 3 deaths and over 1,000 cases in Jalgaon
Despite repeated calls, Girish Mahajan remained unavailable for comment As dengue cases continue to grip urban areas, the situation in the north of Maharashtra seems to have worsened. With a high number
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Genomic history of the seventh pandemic of cholera in Africa
<p>The seventh cholera pandemic has heavily affected Africa, although the origin and continental spread of the disease remain undefined. We used genomic data from 1070 Vibrio cholerae O1 isolates, across
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Drinking water contamination from peri-urban Bengaluru, India
<p>The presence of diarrhoeagenic bacteria such as Escherichia coli in drinking water indicates faecal and sewage contamination. Testing the microbial quality of drinking water at source (n = 29) and households
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Nigeria Progress Slow Against Diarrhoea, Pneumonia
Nigeria failed to meet targets for pneumonia and diarrhoea prevention and treatment, according to a progress report by the International Vaccine Access Centre (IVAC). IVAC's 2017 report scored Nigeria
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Salmonella exploits the host endolysosomal tethering factor HOPS complex to promote its intravacuolar replication
<p>Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium extensively remodels the host late endocytic compartments to establish its vacuolar niche within the host cells conducive for its replication, also known as the