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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Somalia: Drought, Cholera Kills Over 400 People
Over 400 people, including children, have died from drought and a cholera outbreak since February in southern and central Somalia, the country's health ministry has told Anadolu Agency. Abdullaahi Hashi
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Sudan: Six More Cases of Cholera in Sudan's El Gedaref
Six new cases of cholera have been reported in Sudan's El Gedaref state over the last two days. This adds to dozens of cases reported in the eastern Sudanese state last week. On Tuesday a health source
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on Water-Borne Diseases, 06/04/2017
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Water-Borne Diseases, 06/04/2017. As per the information provided by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, number of cases registered for water borne diseases like Acute
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Cholera Spreads in Drought-Stricken Somalia Amid Famine Threat
Cholera is spreading in Somalia, further complicating drought relief efforts as the country teeters on famine. Health officials are complaining about a lack of access to some areas due to security challenges.
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Cholera kills over 60 in South Sudan’s Jonglei’s state
Cholera has claimed at least 64 lives in Jonglei, leaving over 128 people in the health care facilities in the county of Duk. JPEG - 24.9 kb A woman is given a cholera vaccine at a medical camp run
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Sudan: Cholera Spreading Again in Eastern Sudan
El Gedaref — Isolation centres in El Gedaref received dozens of new cholera patients last week. Two of them have died. In various parts of the eastern Sudanese state, dozens of people are suffering from
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Child and adolescent health from 1990 to 2015
<p>This study found significant global decreases in all-cause child and adolescent mortality from 1990 to 2015, but with increasing global inequality. In countries with a low Socio-demographic Index (SDI),
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Somalia faces major cholera outbreak
The United Nations has raised alarm over a major outbreak of cholera in southern Somalia. Aid groups are already scrambling to help people suffering from severe drought and mass malnutrition. The
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Waterborne diseases on the rise
AHMEDABAD: Waterborne diseases appear to be on the rise in the city. This is evident with two fresh cases of cholera reported in civic body-run hospitals last week. According to the weekly health report
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Turbulent waters: pursuing water security in fragile contexts
Water insecurity—ranging from chronic water scarcity to lack of access to safe drinking water and sanitation services, to hydrological uncertainty and extremes (floods and droughts)—can cause severe disruptions