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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World water development report (WWDR4): managing water under uncertainty and risk
<p><span id="itro1">Unprecedented growth in water demand is threatening major development goals, warns this latest World Water Development Report. Says that food demand, urbanization and climate change
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The global burden of cholera
The objective of the study was to estimate the global burden of cholera using population-based incidence data and reports.
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Accounting for water quality in monitoring access to safe drinking-water as part of the Millennium Development Goals: lessons from five countries
The objective of the study was to determine how data on water source quality affect assessments of progress towards the 2015 Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target on access to safe drinking-water.
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Storing drinking-water in copper pots kills contaminating diarrhoeagenic bacteria
<p>Microbially-unsafe water is still a major concern in most developing countries. Although many water-purification methods exist, these are expensive and beyond the reach of many people, especially in
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Potable water losing quality
The quality of potable water is going down constantly due to biological contamination from human waste and effluent from industries and agricultural inputs, reveals a PCRWR report. The Pakistan Council
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Who Will Quench Their Thirst?
AT THE crack of dawn, the view from atop the 22-metre tall garbage heap in Bhalswa is oddly beautiful. As the pungent smell of methane wafts through the air, the sight of hundreds of ragpickers mechanically
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Water purification unit designed to reduce hardness and fluoride in water
The Institute of Fundamental Studies (IFS) which functions under the Ministry of Technology and Research conducts basic and advanced scientific research and makes new innovations which uplifts scientific
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Global distribution of outbreaks of water-associated infectious diseases
Based on the Global Infectious Disease and Epidemiology Network (GIDEON), a global database including water-associated pathogens and diseases was developed. In this study, reported outbreak events associated
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Diarrhoea in Lalmonirhat claims one, attacks 100
A child died of diarrhoea while more than 100 others were admitted to different upazila health complexes yesterday. The victim, Alif Hossain, 7, son of Nayon Miah of Jagotber village in Patgram upazila,
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Highly localized sensitivity to climate forcing drives endemic cholera in a megacity
The population dynamics of endemic cholera in urban environments—in particular interannual variation in the size and distribution of seasonal outbreaks—remain poorly understood and highly unpredictable.