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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43% of Haryana’s 383 dengue cases reported in Gurgaon
Gurgaon district has emerged as a high-risk area in Haryana with the maximum number of dengue cases reported there so far this year. Considering an “alarming rise in dengue cases” in neighbouring states
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Urban environmental challenges and climate change action in Durban, South Africa
This paper reflects on the progress made in climate change adaptation in the city of Durban since the launch of the Municipal Climate Protection Programme in 2004. This includes the initial difficulties
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Patterns in coverage of maternal, newborn, and child health interventions: projections of neonatal and under-5 mortality to 2035
Urgent calls have been made for improved understanding of changes in coverage of maternal, newborn, and child health interventions, and their country-level determinants. The researchers examined historical
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4 die of diarrhoea, viral fever
Four persons died of diarrhoea and viral fever spreading at Saldang VDC in Dolpa district in the last four days. The deceased have been identified as Nangjel Gurung, Chhiring Akta Gurung, Nima Lama
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PCRWR to establish water-testing labs
Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) will establish as many as 19 more well-equipped water testing laboratories across Pakistan for proviosion of safe drinking water to the people. PCRWR
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3 'diarrhoea' deaths in Kandhamal
At least three persons, including a two-year-old, have allegedly died of diarrhoea at Dagamaha and Taparangia villages under Kandhamal's Daringibadi block in the last one week. Several others are reportedly
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Open defecation and childhood stunting in India: An ecological analysis of new data from 112 districts
<p>Poor sanitation remains a major public health concern linked to several important health outcomes; emerging evidence indicates a link to childhood stunting. In India over half of the population defecates
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Around 85 percent of Pakistanis without potable water
The groundwater samples collected by the Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) have revealed that only 15 percent to 18 percent samples were safe for drinking both in urban and rural
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3,883 people died in 2012 after drinking contaminated water
There has been an increase of 569 cases of deaths due to diseases caused because of drinking contaminated water in 2012, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday. In 2012, a total of 3,883 people died due
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Diarrhoea death toll rises to 20
The death of two more people due to diarrhoea in Bhairamgarh block of Bijapur district late on Saturday has taken the death toll to 20. Waterlogging caused due to heavy rainfall is making it difficult