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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4,500 kids die of diarrhoea in just one year
Poor sanitation and open defecation, which continue to be the bane of the Ghanaian society, has robbed the nation of over 4,500 of its youth through the outbreak of diarrhoea in 2014 alone. According to
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Modeling and validation of environmental suitability for Schistosomiasis transmission using remote sensing
<p>Schistosomiasis is the most widespread water-based disease in sub-Saharan Africa. Transmission is governed by the spatial distribution of specific freshwater snails that act as intermediate hosts and
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Tanzania: Cholera Spreads to Tanga Killing Six
Handeni — The cholera outbreak has spread to Handeni District in Tanga Region, killing six people. Residents of the district are warned to take immediate precautionary steps to prevent the bacterial
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Iraq combats cholera with massive vaccination campaign
Iraq is carrying out a major vaccination campaign to combat a cholera outbreak that has infected more than 2,200 people, the health ministry said on Sunday. The campaign, focused on vaccinating people
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Two studies investigate health impacts of continuous piped water supply
This week's issue of PLOS Medicine features two separate studies, each of which investigates the importance of uninterrupted piped water supplies to health outcomes. In a matched cohort study in Hubli-Dharwad,
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Diarrhea kills 18 in Mozambique
The Director of the Maputo City Directorate of Health, Sheila Cuco has confirmed the death of eighteen people in the capital as the latest victims of diarrheal diseases between January and September this
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Zimbabwe: Diarrhoea outbreak claims eight lives in one week
At least eight people died from more than 10,000 diarrhoea cases recorded in Zimbabwe during the past week, the Ministry of Health revealed Sunday.The ministry said in a report that 10,619 cases of diarrhoea
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HC asks Gujrat authorities to fence water bodies
Gujarat high court on Monday directed the state government to fence water bodies to prevent them from becoming dumping grounds and, subsequently, natural breeding grounds for mosquitoes causing dengue.
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22 fall prey to water-borne disease ‘diarrhea’
Twenty two people have fallen prey to the water borne disease ‘diarrhea’ in various parts of the tehsil. As per reports, 22 persons have fallen ill due to diarrhea in various parts of tehsil Bhaderwah.
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Health scare: Dengue cases past 1,800, CM Arvind Kejriwal says tackle panic
The city’s three municipal corporations reported 1,870 cases till September 12, with 613 being reported last week, according to latest official data released Monday. The number of dengue cases in the