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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Nine die of waterborne diseases in relief camps
Five people died in Umerkot and four in different parts of Nawabshah district on Thursday because of gastroenteritis, malaria and waterborne disease. Mir Muhammad Rind, 55, of Sufi Nawaz village died
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26 pc water samples fail test in Bathinda
Arbout 26 per cent of the water samples collected by the Bathinda health authorities in eight months (between January and August) have failed the bacteriological test during first testing, conducted to
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Malaria outbreak in Baitadi
Malaria outbreak is increasing in some of the VDCs of lower Sorad area in Baitadi district. According to Kesharpur Primary Health Center, Melauli, 20 persons have been found suffering from Malaria.
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Waterborne diseases in Sindh
The makeshift camps hosting internally displaced persons (IDPs) of flood-affected areas of Thatta and Badin-the two hardest hit districts in the recently floods-have now been hit by the waterborne diseases
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Waterborne diseases spreading in Satkhira flood-hit areas
Flood situation in southwestern Satkhira district remained unchanged Saturday with waterborne diseases spreading fast in the worst affected areas of Kolaroa upazila. Diarrhoea has broken out in different
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Dengue outbreak on horizon as Karachi witnesses 14 cases in two weeks
With reporting of 14 new dengue cases in Karachi during last two week, the threat of outbreak is on the horizon after recent monsoon showers. With these new cases the total number of confirmed cases of
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Contaminated water: 30,000 die each year in Karachi: WWF
The growth of the world's urban population is posing an ever growing challenge to provide city dwellers access to clean water and sanitation, a study released Sunday said. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
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District devises disease filter
<p> Munda mulls dam request to Orissa CM, heavy rain destroys medical records at government hospital</p> <p> Jamshedpur, Aug. 14: A fevered East Singhbhum has switched into serious combat mode to
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Rains claim 21 lives in West Bengal
<p> Rains have claimed 21 lives in a week in West Bengal. Around 25 lakh people have been affected by incessant rains whose ravages spilled over to 14 districts against the nine announced earlier by the State government.</p>
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Spermless Mosquitoes Could Help Halt Malaria Spread
Releasing genetically modified, spermless male mosquitoes into the wild could in future help to prevent malaria transmission and reduce the chances of large outbreaks of the killer disease, British scientists