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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ICDDR,B helps prevent cholera outbreak in Somalia, Kenya
Two ICDDR,B doctors, also experts in cholera management, returned home Wednesday after a two-week visit to the Horn of African countries —Somalia and Kenya — where they trained more than 50 health professionals,
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An outbreak of cholera among a rural population in south India: Is it time to vaccinate the children in endemic areas?
Cholera, the most dreadful of all diarrhoeal diseases, is an acute intestinal infection, caused by Vibrio cholerae, which afflicts 3 to 5 million of people and causes 0.1 million deaths every year . Cholera
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Over 25pc WSSs supplying contaminated water in Attock
Survey conducted by Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) has revealed out of as many as 239 Water Supply Schemes (WSSs) in district Attock, 25 % are supplying contaminated water which
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Cases of waterborne diseases on the rise
KOCHI: Almost a week back, two jaundice-related deaths were reported in the district, but it failed to put a check on the increasing number of cases of waterborne disease. At least, 80 cases of waterborne diseases have been reported in Ernakulam district alone. The Hepatitis A virus doing rounds in Ernakulam has been creating tension, especially, in the western region of Kochi, said officials at the District Medical Officer’s office here.
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Contaminated water puts at risk Pindiites’ lives
Around 80 percent water supply schemes in Rawalpindi are providing contaminated water, thus leaving the people at the risk of serious diseases like hepatitis, jaundice and diarrhoea. The outcome of
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Water pollution still rampant
It has been around three years since the High Court ordered industries indiscriminately discharging waste water to install effluent treatment plants (ETPs) within a year. The court on June 10, 2009 also
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Dirty water being bottled for drinking
With water crisis slowly taking on alarming proportions, substandard packaged drinking water, without proper labels and ISO certification and quality checks, are more freely available in the market, raising risks of contracting water-borne diseases. With the Water Board failing to supply adequate safe drinking water, residents are forced to buy water from private companies. But water bottles or pouches of many companies are sold without proper labels or adequate quality checks, officials said.
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Groundwater Department unable to ensure water quality
Hampered by inadequate manpower, lack of statutory power Amid widespread apprehensions over the quality of water supplied through an estimated 400 tanker lorries in the district, the Groundwater Department remains a mute spectator thanks to the lack of statutory authority and adequate manpower.
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Ernakulam district authorities to review hepatitis situation
A recent death of a person in Edathala due to hepatitis E has sparked off health concerns in the district that had seen a grave situation last year too because of outbreak of hepatitis in various parts of the district leading to an epidemic-like situation. An emergency meeting has been called by the District Collector at his camp office on Tuesday to review the situation and take necessary action.
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Cancer-causing elements found in seven brands of water
The Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR), in its quarterly report, has revealed that arsenic was present in seven brands of bottled water, which could cause cancer (of lungs, bladder,