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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Africa: Blend of Technology and the African Sun to Solve Water Purification Problems
Take an African scientist and an African engineer and ask them to find a solution to water-borne problems that impact on 783 million people, and cause 443 million ‘lost school days a year’ due to disease.
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Kenya: Cholera Still a Threat in Nairobi- Kidero
NAIROBI Governor Evans Kidero has said cholera still poses a huge threat to city residents. Kidero said the county has bought medicine and water treatment facilities towards the fight against cholera.
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Kenya: Cholera Scare in Naivasha
A five-year old girl in Karagita estate in Naivasha yesterday was suspected of having cholera. Medical health officer Dr Oren Ombiro said tests showed she is cholera-free. The disease has been reported
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New medical tool to save infants, children
With Canadian government funding, medical scientists have created and demonstrated a new tool that could dramatically lower the tragic annual toll of 760,000 infants and children killed, and millions more
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Kenya: Two Prisoners Die of Cholera in Mombasa
Two remandees have died and 30 others been admitted following a cholera outbreak at Shimo la Tewa prison in Mombasa. Erick Odhiambo and Hamisi Samba were serving sentences for stealing and rape, Coast
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Kenya: Over 3,000 Cholera Cases, 65 Deaths Reported Countrywide
A total of 3,235 cholera cases and 65 deaths have been reported nationally since Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Health. In a statement, the Health ministry said 11 counties have been affected
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Tanzania: Burundi- WHO Raises Red Flag Over Cholera Outbreak in Tanzania
A severe humanitarian crisis is emerging in Tanzania as thousands of refugees from Burundi continue to seek asylum in neighbouring countries, due to escalating political tensions, according to the World
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Climate change and health vulnerability in informal urban settlements in the Ethiopian Rift Valley
Climate change in Ethiopia is occurring against a backdrop of rapid population growth and urbanization, entrenched poverty and a heavy burden of disease, and there is little information on specific health
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Without ensuring universal access to water, there can be no food security
Ensuring universal access to water is vital in order to address food security and improve nutrition, yet recognition of the links between water and food are too often missed. A major report on water
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Kenya: Cholera Death Toll Has Hit 50, Says Health CS
THE government is struggling to contain the spiralling cholera outbreak, which has so far killed about 50 in four months. The Health ministry says 10 counties have been hit by the killer disease, with