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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Pakistan becoming water-stressed: Irsa
ISLAMABAD: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) has conceded that Pakistan is becoming a water-stressed country as the availability of per capita water has declined. Irsa told Senate the other day,
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Modelling the impact of sanitation, population growth and urbanization on human emissions of Cryptosporidium to surface waters—a case study for Bangladesh and India
<p>Cryptosporidium is a protozoan parasite that can cause diarrhoea. Human faeces are an important source of Cryptosporidium in surface waters. We present a model to study the impact of sanitation, urbanization
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Nigeria: 190,000 Nigerian Children Die of Diarrhoea Yearly
Dr Jude Oko, a member of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Abuja chapter, has said that no fewer than 190,000 children die of diarrhoea in Nigeria every year. Oko, in an interview with the News
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Nigeria: No Cholera Outbreak in Bauchi- Official
The Director, Bauchi State Disease Control, Dr Ahmed Fanti, has said that there is no case of cholera in the state. Fanti told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi on Wednesday that the speculation
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Extreme precipitation and emergency room visits for gastrointestinal illness in areas with and without combined sewer systems: An analysis of Massachusetts data, 2003–2007
<p>Combined sewer overflows (CSOs) occur in combined sewer systems when sewage and stormwater runoff are released into water bodies, potentially contaminating water sources. CSOs are often caused by heavy
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20 die of cholera in Nigeria's Bauchi State
At least 20 people, mostly children, have died amid a fresh outbreak of cholera in Nigeria's northern Bauchi State, Nigeria’s official news agency has reported. Citing statements issued by both the federal
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US reports unusual spike in human plague cases
An unusually high number of cases of human plague have been recorded by US health authorities since April—11 in all, with three of them fatal, officials said Tuesday. "It is unclear why the number
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The impact of a one-dose versus two-dose oral cholera vaccine regimen in outbreak settings: A modeling study
<p>In 2013, a stockpile of oral cholera vaccine (OCV) was created for use in outbreak response, but vaccine availability remains severely limited. Innovative strategies are needed to maximize the health
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Zimbabwe: Diarrhoea Kills 9
NINE people died of diarrhoea countrywide during the first week of this month, Ministry of Health and Child Care said yesterday. This brings the total number of people who have died of diarrhoea so far
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Cholera, climate change fuel Haiti's humanitarian crisis: UN
Climate change, cholera and the return of thousands of emigrants from the neighboring Dominican Republican are fueling a humanitarian crisis in Haiti, the UN warned Tuesday. The impoverished Caribbean