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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Safe drinking water in Slums - From water coverage to water quality
This article analyses the water, sanitation and hygiene situation in slum households and compares it with the non-slum urban households using data from the 2011 Census. It argues for a shift from the mere
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City drinking water not fit for human consumption
Thirty-five out of 62 water samples collected in last three days have been found unfit for drinking. This also includes six out 20 water samples collected from different city localities by District Epidemic
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Unsafe drinking water affecting public health
Experts say that the present outbreak of water-borne diseases is due to contamination in the drinking water being supplied to the general public. “Tests have revealed that 75 per cent of the water distributed
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Metabolized-water breeding diseases in urban India: socio-spatiality of water problems and health burden in Ahmedabad
Studies on urban metabolism have provided important insights in the material and socio political issues associated with the flow. However, there is dearth of studies that reveal how infrastructure as a
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Africa's water: the path to universal access
<p>Africa's water: the path to universal access.</p> <p><a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/media/iep/infographics/Africa's%20Water.html" target="_blank">Know More</a></p>
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Contaminated water supply raises concern
Contaminated water is being supplied to several areas of the city, despite the Municipal Corporation's claims of replacing the old and broken sewerage pipes. Residents of Aman Nagar near the Jalandhar
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Health minister pledges fund for diarrhoea-hit village
A high level team led by Minister for Health and Population Khagaraj Adhikari today made an inspection visit of Gaidatar, a diarrhoea-hit village of Chandrapur municipality in Rautahat district. Besides
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Roadside drinks unhealthy
Docs Report Sharp Hike In Food & Water-Borne Diseases Health experts have sounded an alarm at the increase in cases of food and water-borne diseases due to consumption of locally available drinks, like
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Cholera grips Rautahat villages
The cholera outbreak that began around three weeks ago at Gaidatar settlement in Chandrapur-2 has also spread in the nearby Morange village. About 40 children at the Morange-based Saraswoti Primary
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Jaundice toll 12 in Biratnagar
With one more death reported, 12 persons have succumbed to jaundice in Biratnagar. Sharmila Shrestha of Morang’s Bhaudaha died of jaundice at Koshi Zonal Hospital, Biratnagar yesterday night. Shrestha