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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The NTDs and vaccine diplomacy in Latin America: Opportunities for United States foreign policy
Recently published prevalence estimates of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in five Latin American countries—Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Venezuela—could suggest a new direction for United
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Flood-hit forced to drink polluted groundwater
Infrastructure of 1,662 water drinking schemes damaged in Jammu region With the entire government machinery engaged in restoring services in the Kashmir valley, thousands of flood-affected people in
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Six feared killed by cholera at Borno refugees' camp
NO fewer than six displaced persons were feared dead Tuesday at one of the resettlement camps in Maiduguri of Borno, following the influx of over 58,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Bama, Konduga,
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Diarrhoea Claims One More in Digapahandi, Toll Reaches Five
BERHAMPUR: With death of one Biswambar Nayak (20) of Jakameri village under Digapahandi block on Sunday, the death toll due to diarrhoea in the district reached to five. Sources said though Nayak was
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Fear of dengue spreads in Raichur district
HUBLI: The death of four girls in two days has triggered panic among people in Raichur district and residents of Naganadoddi have moved out of the village following fear of dengue fever. In Koppal district,
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Rs 19.37 lakh collected in fines for breaking sanitation rules
The health department of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has filed 197 complaints of sanitation against various restaurants and eateries in concerned courts. The department has levied fines worth Rs 19.37
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Water borne diseases in Gaibandha
GAIBANDHA : The people in the flood-hit areas of the district are being attacked with water borne diseases like diarrhoea, dysentery, respiratory track infection, skin and eye infection with the recession
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Kashmir Floods Caused by Climate Change, Environment Degradation and Unplanned Growth
Even though the waters of the Jhelum river have begun receding, there are still around over 100,000 people marooned in various parts of Jammu and Kashmir. The fear of water-borne diseases is now rising
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More viral & typhoid cases after rain
Flood Of Patients With Viral Symptoms That Can Last For Even 2 To 3 Weeks The spell of rain over the last few days may have brought some relief to Delhiites reeling under an unusually hot spell, but
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Oral cholera vaccine development and use in Vietnam
The emergence of cholera in Haiti highlighted the difficulties in containing cholera outbreaks with only safe water, sanitation, hygiene, and appropriate case management. In less developed settings where