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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Sundargarh records 114 malaria deaths in 5 years
As many as 114 people have died of malaria in Sundargarh district since 2008. The samples of 371,541 patients were sent for malaria test in 2008. Out of these 22,720 cases tested positive while 22 died.
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Cholera hits 9 more, gastro cases spiral close to 2,000
Mumbai: Nine more cases of cholera have come up in the past one week, taking the total count of patients to 25 this month. Water-borne diseases continue to rise as complaints of contamination sweep several
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Malaria on rise in Kokrajhar
Kokrajhar district in Assam has recorded highest number of malaria cases with 325 patients diagnosed with the disease since January to June this year. The Kachugaon and Balajan areas have reported highest
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2 villages in Anand declared cholera-hit
Two villages in Anand district has been declared as "cholera-hit", a senior administration official said Saturday. "Cholera cases were found at Boria and Silvai villages of Petlad tehsil," district
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Universities undertake research for provision of clean drinking water
Many leading universities of Pakistan are undertaking research in collaboration with foreign universities to resolve the issue of safe and clean drinking water. According to the HEC, Pakistani universities
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Most water samples taken in city found unfit for drinking
With the onset of monsoon season, when threat of water-borne diseases is at its peak, 44 per cent of water samples taken from Sadar Paharganj area were found to be unfit for drinking, while the figure
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Gastro goes rampant in Rawalpindi district
Gastroenteritis is out of control across district Rawalpindi as 1243 patients have been brought to three hospitals of the garrison city since the advent of the holy month of Ramazan. A total of 447
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40% of drinking water in Gurgaon has dangerous levels of flouride: Experts
With spurt in water-borne diseases being reported every day, experts believe the level of contamination in Millennium City's water has reached alarming levels and is not fit for drinking. In South
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Cholera claims five lives
At least five people, two of them children, have recently died of cholera and over 20 people are suffering from it in Panjpai tehsil of Quetta district near Afghan border. The deaths have occurred in
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Dengue claims kid; 8 cases of cholera in 8 days
The spate of monsoon diseases appears to be worsening with a nine-yearold boy succumbing to dengue in Hinduja Hospital and eight cases of cholera coming up in the first eight days of July alone. The boy, Yash Bansode, who lived in Vasai, died after a month-long hospitalization on Saturday. This is the second confirmed case of dengue death in metropolitan Mumbai; the first was that of a 42-year-old patient from Bhaktivedanta Hospital in Mira Road.