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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Tanzania: Thousands in Zanzibar Suffer From Cholera- Govt
Zanzibar — The ministry for Health and Social welfare here said a total of 4,349 people were infected with cholera in the Isles since September 19, 2015. The director for Health Education and Disease
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Mozambique drought leaves 1.5 million people needing help
In Mozambique, at least 1.5 million people are in need of help because of an El Niño-induced drought, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said. The UN humanitarian
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Uganda: Cholera Kills Two in Nebbi
Nebbi — Two people have died and 34 cases registered following an outbreak of cholera in Nebbi District. According to Dr Jakor Oryema, the Nebbi District health officer, three sub-counties, including
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Isles records decline in cholera cases
“Cholera is still with us, but fortunately we have been recording a decline. This week (May 29 to June 4, 2016) we had 22 cases with one death,” Dr Mohamed Dahoma, Director, Prevention, said yesterday
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An analysis of water collection labor among women and children in 24 sub-Saharan African countries
<p>It is estimated that more than two-thirds of the population in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) must leave their home to collect water, putting them at risk for a variety of negative health outcomes. There
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Haiti struggles to contain massive cholera outbreak
Health departments in Haiti have issued alerts on a looming cholera outbreak in the troubled Caribbean nation. Haiti’s cholera epidemic began just ten months after the devastating earthquake that shook
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Tanzania: Cholera Cases On the Decline- By 49 49 Percent, Says Mwalimu
Cholera cases have gone down by 49 per cent according to statistics covering the period from May 16 to 22, the Minister for Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, Ms Ummy Mwalimu,
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Malawi: Cholera Cases in Rumphi Hit 41
Health officials in Rumphi are battling with cholera, which has alarmingly affected 41 people from just four a few days ago and fear the number of patients might go up. District Health Officer for Rumphi
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Interconnected microbiomes and resistomes in low-income human habitats
An analysis of bacterial community structure and antibiotic resistance gene content of interconnected human faecal and environmental samples from two low-income communities in Latin America was carried
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Efficacy of a single-dose, inactivated oral cholera vaccine in Bangladesh
<p>A single-dose regimen of the current killed oral cholera vaccines that have been prequalified by the World Health Organization would make them more attractive for use against endemic and epidemic cholera.