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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Natural history of cryptosporidiosis in a longitudinal study of slum-dwelling Bangladeshi children: Association with severe malnutrition
<p>Cryptosporidiosis is a common cause of infectious diarrhea in young children worldwide, and is a significant contributor to under-five mortality. Current treatment options are limited in young children.
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The Global strategy for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health (2016–2030): a roadmap based on evidence and country experience
<p>The Global strategy for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health (2016–2030) provides a roadmap for ending preventable deaths of women, children and adolescents by 2030 and
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Effect of dilute apple juice and preferred fluids vs electrolyte maintenance solution on treatment failure among children with mild gastroenteritis- A randomized clinical trial
<p>Gastroenteritis is a common pediatric illness. Electrolyte maintenance solution is recommended to treat and prevent dehydration. Its advantage in minimally dehydrated children is unproven. The objective
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ADB Approved $60 million Loan for Water Sanitation Infrastructure Outside Manila
MANILA, 25th April, 2016 (WAM) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of $60 million to help water service providers outside Metro Manila improve water and sanitation assets needed to cut
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Somalia: At Least 12 Die of Cholera in Southern Somalia
At least 12 people have died of cholera, and over 60 others are suffering from diarrhea in towns of middle Jubba region, southern Somalia this week, health ministry confirmed Saturday. Health Minister
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The burden of Typhoid and Paratyphoid in India: Systematic review and meta-analysis
<p>Typhoid is an important public health challenge for India, especially with the spread of antimicrobial resistance. The decision about whether to introduce a public vaccination programme needs to be
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Cholera cases swell to 745 in Lusaka
THE number of cholera cases in Lusaka Province has risen to 745 since the waterborne disease broke out in the first week of February. Provincial medical officer Kennedy Malama said in an interview yesterday
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Cryptosporidium hominis is a newly recognized pathogen in the Arctic region of Nunavik, Canada: Molecular characterization of an outbreak
<p>Cryptosporidium is a leading cause of childhood diarrhea in low-resource settings, and has been repeatedly associated with impaired physical and cognitive development. In May 2013, an outbreak of diarrhea
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(Not so) Gently down the stream: river pollution and health in Indonesia
Waterborne diseases are the leading cause of mortality in developing countries. The paper emphasize a previously ignored cause of diarrhea - upstream river bathing. Using newly constructed data on upstream-downstream
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Cholera kills over 300 since August in Tanzania: official
Cholera has killed 320 people and infected over 20,000 in Tanzania since the outbreak erupted in August last year, the health minister said on Monday. Ummy Mwalimu expressed concern over the increasing