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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Over 500 in hospital with gastro, malaria
Seven Cases Of Cholera, 11 Of Dengue Seen In Week The city continues to reel under an onslaught of water- and vectorborne diseases despite a brief lull in rainfall over the past week. Over 500 people had to be hospitalized with gastroenteritis and malaria over the duration of a week.
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Diarrhoea claims 15 lives in Bastar
At least 30 unnatural deaths, 15 of which owe direct allegiance to diarrhoea, have been reported from various remote villages of Bastar division in the past one month. The worst affected has been Bhairamgarh
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Diarrhoea claims 15 lives in Bastar
At least 30 unnatural deaths, 15 of which owe direct allegiance to diarrhoea, have been reported from various remote villages of Bastar division in the past one month. The worst affected has been Bhairamgarh
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Contaminated water supply stopped, brick kilns to face closure
Waking up to the break out of gastroenteritis in Bulbul Nowgam area of Anantnag, district administration today stopped the water supply to the area from the existing water supply scheme and directed the
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Cholera outbreak in Afghan village
A cholera outbreak at a village in north-east Afghanistan has infected 1,492 people, killed a young woman and left another 100 in critical condition, a provincial official said today. Mr Abdul Marouf
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IDSP report warns of rise in typhoid, diarrhoea cases
With four deaths attributed to diarrhoea after drinking contaminated water in August, Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) in its weekly report has warned of a rise in cases of typhoid and diarrhoea
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In Chhattisgarh, contamination of water claims 20 lives
Water contamination in flood-affected panchayats of Abujhmarh in Narainpur district of south Chhattisgarh may result in a huge death toll, it is feared. The secretary of one of the affected panchayats, Kamluram Netam, has told journalists of Narainpur that several panchayats of the area are “severely affected and the death toll will go up.” So far, more than 20 persons have died due to water-borne diseases, the locals said. Many are sick and it is not clear whether any medical support has reached the affected panchayats.
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11,851 new diarrhoea cases in Karachi
As many as 11,851 diarrhoea cases were reported across the province in first week of August, said Additional Secretary Health Sindh Dr Masood Solangi on Thursday. Dr Solangi in a statement issued said
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Diarrhoea toll rises to 2
Diarrhoea has claimed one more life in Jharsuguda. Nilamani Mishra of Intabhata area under Brajrajnagar Municipality died of the disease in a local hospital on Tuesday morning. On Tuesday, one Bhudhwari
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72,576 diarrhoea cases reported in July
As many as 72,576 diarrhoea patient cases have been reported across the province in month of July, said additional secretary health Sindh on Wednesday. According to Dr Masood Solangi, a total of 72,576