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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Pathogen-specific burdens of community diarrhoea in developing countries: a multisite birth cohort study (MAL-ED)
<p>Most studies of the causes of diarrhoea in low-income and middle-income countries have looked at severe disease in people presenting for care, and there are few estimates of pathogen-specific diarrhoea
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Kenya: 30 Cholera Cases Reported in Two Months in Naivasha, Says Officer
Thirty cholera cases have been reported in Naivasha subcounty in two months, area medical officer of health Dr Oren Ombiro has said. He said most patients have been treated and discharged and the last
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Nigeria: Ebonyi Water Scarcity May Worsen Cholera Crisis- Govt
The Acting General Manager of the Ebonyi Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency, Sunday Opoke, has said that over 3,000 water-boreholes are currently dilapidated in the state. Mr. Opoke said this
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Polluted drinking water: How much waste goes into Mingora’s stream?
If a lone study is to be believed, the stream which cuts through Mingora, Swat is fed 75 tonnes of waste on a daily basis. While locals cannot corroborate, they firmly believe this is no longer a ‘fresh’
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Sudan: Govt Raises Alert Level to Prevent Cholera Transmission From South Sudan
Khartoum — Sudan's Health Ministry on Sunday said it raised the level of alert to prevent transmission of cholera to the Sudanese territories from South Sudan. "The Federal Ministry of Health has raised
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South Sudan: Cholera Cases Multiply As Cost of Clean Water Skyrockets in South Sudan Capital- Oxfam
Cholera cases are rapidly increasing in South Sudan's capital, Juba, as the cost of clean water skyrockets amid a worsening economic crisis. 33 people have died in Juba alone including seven children under
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Feasibility and effectiveness of oral cholera vaccine in an urban endemic setting in Bangladesh: a cluster randomised open-label trial
Cholera is endemic in Bangladesh with epidemics occurring each year. The decision to use a cheap oral killed whole-cell cholera vaccine to control the disease depends on the feasibility and effectiveness
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WHO says cholera outbreaks can be controlled, recommending use of oral vaccines
Use of oral vaccines is proving to be an effective tool to control outbreaks of cholera, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday, adding that the deadly water-borne disease is a major public health
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Cholera kills 10 in Ebonyi
ANOTHER cholera outbreak has claimed 10 lives in Ebonyi State, bringing the number to 30 the epidemic has killed in the state recently. Confirming the incidents of cholera outbreak, the State Epidemiologist,
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Nigeria: Cholera Claims 10 Lives in Plateau
The council chairman, Langtang North Local Government Area of Plateau state, Dan Dul, said 10 persons have, in the past few days, died of cholera in the area. The council chairman said the death toll