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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Health and the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
The joint World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and World Health Organization (WHO) Climate and Health Office has issued a briefing paper about health and the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) as part
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Strategies to prevent cholera introduction during international personnel deployments: A computational modeling analysis based on the 2010 Haiti outbreak
<p>Introduction of Vibrio cholerae to Haiti during the deployment of United Nations (UN) peacekeepers in 2010 resulted in one of the largest cholera epidemics of the modern era. Following the outbreak,
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Uganda: Mbale Cholera Cases Rise to 110
Mbale — Authorities in Mbale District have expressed concern over the rising cases of cholera. Acting district health officer Jonathan Wangisi said since the epidemic broke out in December, cases have
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Woman dies of jaundice in Shimla; over 800 test positive
SHIMLA: This Himachal Pradesh capital on Thursday reported its first death due to jaundice that has gripped the city with more than 800 cases of the water-borne disease reported in the past few weeks,
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More than 500 jaundice cases in Shimla
More than 500 cases of jaundice have been reported from this Himachal Pradesh capital in the past few weeks and their number has been increasing each day, doctors said on Wednesday. Shimla civic authorities
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Poor water supply: HC gives officials 2 days to file report
Shimla: On the issue of supply of contaminated water to residents in Shimla, the Himachal Pradesh high court on Tuesday directed the concerned parties to file status report within two days. The court also
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Diarrhoeal deaths: ‘Save a Child a Minute’ launched
Reckitt Benckiser (RB), manufacturers of Dettol, and the Plan International Pakistan, a developmental sector organisation, have collaborated to design and test a new approach to reduce the incidence of
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Malawi: Cholera Outbreak Strikes Malawi- One Death, 26 Cases Confirmed in Machinga, Zomba
One person has died while 26 others are under treatment following cholera outbreaks in Malawi's eastern districts of Machinga and Zomba, the Ministry of Health has said. By December 25, 2015, according
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Kenya: Cholera in Athi River
ATHI RIVER deputy county commissioner Kodeck Makori has announced a cholera outbreak in Athi River town. He addressed a public baraza in the town on Wednesday. Makori said two cases have been reported
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Kenya: Seven Dead, 541 Admitted in Dadaab Cholera Outbreak
Seven people have died and 541 admitted after a cholera outbreak in Dadaab's Dagahaley refugee camp. About 30 per cent of the patients are children under twelve, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said,