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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Zimbabwe: Diarrhoea Claims 12
TWELVE people died of diarrhoea countrywide last week, the Ministry of Health and Child Care said yesterday. This brings the number of people who have died of diarrhoea in the first half of the year to
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Cholera outbreak claims 7 persons in Plateau
Women in Maiduguri on Wednesday described as ”unbearable” the lingering scarcity of fresh tomatoes in this year’s Ramadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the scarcity of the commodity
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At least 18 people die of cholera in South Sudan in three weeks
Cholera has killed at least 18 people in Juba, capital of South Sudan, in the last three weeks and the government will step up measures to counter the spread of the disease, the health minister Riek Gai
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Waterborne viruses: A barrier to safe drinking water
Nearly 25% of the global population (1.8 billion people in 2012) is consuming fecally-contaminated water. This water can contain bacteria, protozoa, and viruses that can cause a variety of diseases in
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Rs 40 kit for testing water, courtesy Punjab Agricultural University
LUDHIANA: PAU claims to have developed a water-testing kit that costs only Rs 40. Punjab Agricultural University's department of microbiology says the kit is portable and is able to find out whether the
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Africa: New Study Finds That Orange Sweet Potato Reduces Diarrhea in Children
Washington D.C. — Study Found Greater Impact in Reducing Diarrhea in Children with Educated Mothers A new study has found that orange sweet potato (OSP) reduced both the prevalence and duration of diarrhea
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Zimbabwe: Diarrhoea Claims 12
Twelve people died of diarrhoea across the country this week, the Ministry of Health and Child Care said yesterday. This brings the number of people who have died of diarrhoea this year to 211. According
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Cholera claims 500 in 5 months in Nigeria
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has said that more than 500 people had died as a result of cholera outbreak in Nigeria in the last five months. Mr Olusoji Adeniyi, Monitoring and Evaluation
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Dodgy tummy that you can’t explain? It could be because of leaking pipes that contaminate drinking water, experts warn
Tap water polluted with faecal matter could be the cause of mystery stomach problems, according to new research. Leaking water pipes underground have been found to allow potentially harmful contaminants
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City gets contaminated water, risks water-borne diseases
VARANASI: The supply of contaminated water in various localities across the city is threatening the lives of the people. Patients suffering from water-borne diseases, especially diarrhoea are visiting