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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Over 41 percent created by plastic items
Latest Medical Research Institute (MRI) entomology surveys reveal that 41 percent dengue mosquito breeding places in the Western Province were created by plastic items. Around 15 percent of dengue mosquito
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Four killed due to diarrhea and viral fever in north Gorkha
Four persons of a single village have died due to diarrhea and viral fever spread since last one month in Sirdibas VDC in north Gorkha. Over a 100 others are taken ill. Those killed due to the diseases
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MCD holds Delhi govt at fault
On the raging issue of contaminated water supply in the city, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) today said it had conducted a joint survey with Delhi Jal Board (DJB) officials and had informed department
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Now, early warning system for dengue
The first ever early warning system for a disease in Sri Lanka is to be set up soon. The early warning system for dengue fever will be setup with the assistance of the European Union (EU). The EU will
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WHO issues guidelines to control diarrhoea
The World Health Organisation has issued guidelines to health department to prevent spread of diarrhoea among people in the seven affected districts of the province. “The cases of diarrhoea are being
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Study finds new virus Forewarning of massive dengue outbreak
A recently-compiled study has revealed that Punjab had witnessed a new dengue virus serotype DENV-4 that emerged in last year’s outbreak with 5,693 total reported cases which were 50 times higher than
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The environment and human health: an agenda for research
Environment and Human Health gives a comprehensive review of the related literature in order to aid understanding of the (missing) link between the environment and health. Given the exhaustive literature
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Third of world’s people infected with hepatitis: WHO
<p> Around one third of the global population, or 2 billion people, have been infected with the liver disease hepatitis which kills about a million victims annually, the World Health Organisation (WHO)
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Japan completes installation of seven water filtration plants
The government of Japan completed the project for the installation of seven water filtration plants in Karachi, worth $90,952 (approximately Rs 7.7 million) in collaboration with Al-Khidmat Foundation under the scheme of the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP), on July 20, 2011. The inauguration ceremony took place at a local hotel, with the presence of the Consul Gene
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Colombo tops dengue cases
The highest number of dengue cases - 4,718 has been reported from the Colombo district, followed by 1,627 in the Gampaha district and 714 in the Kalutara district, a Health Ministry spokesman said. "The country has recorded 2,113 dengue cases during the past 19 days while 3,412 dengue cases and 14 deaths were reported last month," the spokesman said. Meanwhile, 12,330 dengue cases had been r