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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Water, hygiene to beat the heat
TAMLUK: As the mercury level continues to rise and an unbearable heat wave continues to sweep across Midnapore East district, health department officials have come up with tips to help people deal with the rough weather.
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DMHO ignorant of diarrhoea cases
Rajahmundry, April 13: The East Godavari medical and health department attends to cases in rural areas through its network of primary health centres (PHCs) and rural dispensaries, but seems to be lacking in day-to-day reports of cases for treatment of diarrhoea in private hospitals and nursing homes.
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Cholera outbreak? 10 cases in Panchkula
Water samples from Sectors 4, 6, 10, 11, 12 and 12 A have failed the test Cholera seems to be making a comeback in Panchkula
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20 hospitalised as cholera, the Grim Reaper's scythe, strikes North Chennai
C Shivakumar | ENS MORE than 20 people from North Chennai were admitted to the Communicable Diseases Hospital in Tondiarpet in the last two days after they showed symptoms of cholera. Hospital sources said, "In the last two days, more than 90 patients were referred to the hospital for di M arrhoea, which is rather unusual."
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First India-made cholera vaccine to hit market soon
If all goes well, India will have its first-ever oral cholera vaccine available in the market by the end of this year. In a recent development, the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) has invited applications to commercialise the vaccine which can be administered orally, like the polio vaccine.
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Hoshangabad declared notified area to prevent cholera outbreak
Taking preventive measures with an apprehension of outbreak of contagious disease cholera and stop the onset and spread of communicable disease, Collector Nishant Barvade declared Hoshangabad district as the notified area. This order would be effective for the next six months.
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Jaundice cases alarm authorities
Fatehabad: The health authorities have swung into action after detection of incidents of jaundice in Jakhal town of Fatehabad district. A door-to-door survey has been ordered in the affected areas of the town. Residents allege that cases of hepatitis are coming from several localities of the town. However, the Meena Bazar area near the grain market is the worst -hit.
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Turbid water: BMC got 600 plaints in 2 months
MUMBAI: That contamination of tap water in Mumbai has jumped two-fold in the last year, as shown by the State Public Health Laboratory in Pune, is not surprising. Even as the parched city is going through the worst crisis in decades, residents of several areas have been complaining to the BMC about the dirty water they are getting.
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Science, media and public perception: implications for climate and health policies
International climate policy has been set back by the failure to achieve a strong and legally binding agreement at the United Nations
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Over 1,000 gastro patients in March have docs worried
Mumbai: After jaundice, it is now gastroenteritis. The problem is worse, doctors say, because new cases are being reported every day. At least 1,175 patients were treated for the disease in March, according to BMC records. A health department official said 39 people were admitted to hospitals on Tuesday and 43 on Wednesday.