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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Tackle Nepal’s typhoid problem now
<p>The news that a promising vaccine has been tested against Ebola is very welcome. But, as we in Nepal know only too well, the development of a vaccine is no guarantee that it will be used. Back in 1987,
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Tanzania: Two Die As Cholera Recurs in Dar
AN urgent call for preventive measures has been sounded by authorities in Dar es Salaam, both region and city, following confirmed outbreak of the deadly cholera epidemic, which has so far claimed the
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Nigeria: Unicef,Yobe Sign Mou On Water Supply, Sanitation Schemes
THE United Children's Fund (UNICEF) and Yobe State Government have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on how to improve the state's water supply and sanitation schemes, including the development
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Kenya: One Dead, Seven Hospitalised After Cholera Outbreak in Isiolo
One person has died and seven others have been admitted to Isiolo Level Four Hospital following a cholera outbreak. A child below the age of four died on Tuesday evening and seven members of one family
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In 90% cases, diarrhoea can be cured without medication
This entire fortnight paediatricians from the city will be focusing their attention on spreading awareness about the use of oral rehydration therapy (ORS) and benefits of breastfeeding. While they will
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Dengue scare back in Doon, 3 cases reported
Dengue threat is back in the State capital with three suspected cases of the disease being reported from different hospitals. The chances of the spread of the disease increase during the rainy season.
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Zimbabwe: Diarrhoea Claims 14 in One Week
Fourteen 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
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Char women achieve success in health, hygiene, sanitation
Thousands of the distressed women living in remote char areas on the Brahmaputra basin have achieved laudable success in the health, hygiene, sanitation and safe drinking water sectors. The exceptional
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BMC starts mapping areas with high levels of water contamination
The BMC, on a daily basis, conducts tests on samples collected from every ward at the Dadar and Bhandup water treatment complexes. In A bid to check the problem of water contamination in the city,
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Fancy a chemical bath? How chlorinated swimming pools can trigger asthma, ruin teeth and turn hair green
There’s nothing more appealing than a refreshing dip in a swimming pool on a summer’s day. But be warned. Some health experts are becoming concerned that swimming in chlorinated pools may be at the root