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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Batticaloa water supply scheme, country’s second largest
The Batticaloa water supply project was commissioned by President Mahinda Rajapaksa last week. This Scheme serves five Divisional Secretariat areas namely Manmunai North, Kattankudy, Manmunai Pattu,
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In eastern Uttar Pradesh, a season of death
Medical facilities have collapsed as encephalitis epidemic continues to rage Even as the rest of India recovers from its Diwali celebrations, residents of Poorvanchal have been marking a grim time that descends on the eastern Uttar Pradesh region each year: a time local people call the season of death.
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India accounts for 22% of global rotavirus-induced diarrhoea deaths
New Delhi: India recorded 98, 621 rotavirus-induced diarrhoea deaths in 2008, which is about 22% of global toll from the infection. Nigeria — the second worst-hit country — recorded about 41,000 deaths,
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WHO warns of disease risk in flood-hit Thailand
Thailand's hundreds of thousands of flood victims are at risk of water-borne diseases and infections, the World Health Organisation said Saturday, though no major outbreaks have been reported yet. The
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Implement Pampa plan soon: eco group
‘Residents of Pampa basin face health risk due to river pollution' People residing in the Pampa river basin up to Kuttanad are exposed to grave health risks during the ‘Mandalam-Makaravilakku' pilgrimage
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Alarming presence of E-Coli a cause of concern
KOCHI: One of the major reasons for the contamination of potable drinking water is the presence of E-Coli, a bacterium found in human and animal waste. Dr Aisha S, a doctor in the Health Department said:
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Vaccine campaign to target deadly childhood diarrhoea
Every year, more than one million children under the age of five die as a result of diarrhoea. It is the second-biggest killer in this age group, after pneumonia, and 40% of diarrhoea deaths are caused
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Diseases in the pipeline
KOCHI: As waterborne diseases tighten their grip on the city, the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) swears that all steps have been taken to ensure the purity of drinking water. According to the KWA officials,
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Mission: To place health in the hands of people
PUNE: Some 40 years ago, a child suffering from diarrhoea at Jamkhed village of Ahmednagar district would have had little chance of survival. Not anymore. Sofiya Pathan, 65, never studied beyond Class
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Two million sick from floods in Pakistan
Two million Pakistanis have fallen ill from diseases since monsoon rains left the southern region under several feet of water, the country's disaster authority said Thursday. More than 350 people have