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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Civic body officials visit 500 houses, checks water samples
Chandigarh: A total of 11 patients, including five children, suffering from diarrhoea were referred to hospitals in the city on Tuesday. As many as 269 patients were examined today by a team of doctors.
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Direct costs of hospitalization for rotavirus gastroenteritis in different health facilities in India
Diarrhoeal disease is the fifth leading cause of all mortality globally. To this burden, rotavirus contributes over half a million deaths annually. This pilot study was conducted to determine the economic
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Climate change to increase vector borne diseases in Rajasthan
JAIPUR: Climate change is expected to adversely impact human health in the state by increasing the risk of exposure to vector, water- and food-borne diseases. It can also aggravate malnutrition and increase mortality and morbidity associated with changes in intensity and frequency of extreme events. Potential impacts of climate change can thus be expected to become an additional stressor for Rajasthan's health sector. While the state in the last few years has shown progress in terms of health status and outcomes, much still remains to be done.
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Flood control order issued
Delhi Government bans cutting of all roads from June 30 The Delhi Government has issued a flood control order, operationalised a central flood control room and banned cutting of all roads from June 30 as part of its initiatives and preparations for the monsoon this year. Chairing a meeting of the Apex Committee for Flood Control 2012, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit directed all civic agencies and departments on Thursday to work in tandem for ensuring that there is no loss of life or property due to floods.
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India’s Septic Problem
Some good sanitation news, discussed in a Nature commentary this week, is that some 80 percent of India’s urban residents now have access to a toilet. The bad news is that only a third of India’s urban
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Sanitation for all
Water pollution from sewage is causing great damage to India. The nation needs to complete its waste systems and reinvent toilet technologies, says Sunita Narain.
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The bottom line
If architecture is 'design for living', one of its greatest challenges is how to live with the masses of waste we excrete. Four pioneers in green sanitation design outline solutions to a dilemma too often
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Residents prone to waterborne diseases
MANSEHRA - The residents of Mansehra and its suburban areas are prone to various types of disease because they are compelled to drink contaminated water, as the area has old rusty pipelines. Sources said
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Move to check diarrhoea outbreak in 5 districts
BHUBANESWAR: Even as Odisha battles with high incidence of diarrhoea among children, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) is all set to launch an extensive programme on ‘Management and prevention of childhood
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Simple hygiene can prevent diarrhoea
BHUBANESWAR: Experts have called for inculcation of proper sanitary and personal hygiene habits among children right from their early age to tackle the menace of enteric diseases. Simple habits and practices