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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Typhoid cases on rise in Rajouri
Health authorities say contaminated water supply behind sudden spike A sudden rise in typhoid cases has been witnessed in Rajouri and its adjoining areas forcing the district health authorities to take
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Urban Water Policy to be executed in State
Bhubaneswar: Housing and Urban Development Minister Pushpendra Singh Deo on Monday told the State Assembly that the Odisha Urban Water Supply Policy-2013 would be implemented from 2015-16 in order to streamline
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Nigeria: Death Toll in Bayelsa Cholera Outbreak Hits 23
Yenagoa — Death toll in the cholera outbreak in Bayelsa State increased to 23 on Tuesday as the epidemic claimed two more lives in Otuan, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state. Eight persons
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Aurangabad plagued by water contamination
The quality of drinking water supplied in many parts of the district has become a cause of concern with the possibilities of a rise in water-borne diseases from the affected areas. Latest health department
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Nigeria: Cholera Kills 20 in Rivers- 171 Cases Reported
PORT HARCOURT--RIVERS State Government has confirmed the outbreak of cholera in Andoni Local Government Area of the state, saying that about 20 persons have so far died from the disease. State Commissioner
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Sanitation mapping of groundwater contamination in a rural village of India
Availability of clean water and adequate sanitation facilities are of prime importance for limiting diarrheal diseases. We examined the spatial information on the groundwater quality and sanitation facilities
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Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC): Implications on economic growth, access to safe drinking water and ground water utilisation in India
It is very tough trade-off between economic growth and environmental sustainability in a faster growing developing country like India. The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis proposes that environmental
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Water polluting owing to water borne disease in Coimbatore
The study analysed that water pollution and water borne diseases. Water is one of the most important natural resources for all living organisms. Water pollution is a serious threat around the globe. Water
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Mapping global vulnerability to dengue using the water associated disease index
The first-ever maps of global vulnerability to dengue, a mosquito-borne tropical virus that produces a painful condition of body joints sometimes referred to as "breakbone fever," were published by UN
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Comparative effectiveness of different strategies of oral cholera vaccination in Bangladesh: A modeling study
Killed, oral cholera vaccines have proven safe and effective, and several large-scale mass cholera vaccination efforts have demonstrated the feasibility of widespread deployment. This study uses a mathematical