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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Diarrhoea, skin diseases on rise
The heat has not diminished this year in spite of occasional drizzle, with the mercury level going up in the last few weeks. According to hospitals in the City, cases of diarrhoea, skin and respiratory tract infections are on the rise. For instance, there has been a marginal increase in diarrhoea cases reported in Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital.
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Climate change and its potential impact on health: a call for integrated action
A growing body of scientific evidence strongly suggests that climate change has enormous and diverse effects on human health. Rises in temperature and sea level & extreme weather events such as floods cause water logging & contamination, which in turn exacerbate diarrhoeal diseases.
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Jaundice outbreak: BMC asks Worli builder to shift sewer
Mumbai: After jaundice claimed the lives of two young women in a month
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Environmental health in China: progress towards clean air and safe water
Environmental risk factors, especially air and water pollution, are a major source of morbidity and mortality in China. Biomass fuel and coal are burned for cooking and heating in almost all rural and many urban households, resulting in severe indoor air pollution that contributes greatly to the burden of disease.
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Water-related diseases cost economy Rs 112bn a year
ISLAMABAD: Water and hygiene related diseases cost Pakistan
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Shimla struggles to keep jaundice figures low
Official records show a downward trend of jaundice outbreak in the state capital, but regular reporting of cases has kept the health department on the tenterhooks.
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World Water Day focus on global sewage flood
Two billion tons of human and animal waste and industrial pollution are dumped into waterways every day around the world, according to reports released in Nairobi, Kenya, for the 17th annual World Water Day
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The worth of water
Today, in commemoration of World Water Day, people all over the world are joining together to raise awareness about the importance of one of the most basic and fundamental components of human life: water. Water is a precious resource, and a reliable supply of clean water is one of the key elements for a safe, secure and prosperous future for the people of our countries.
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Cholera epidemic kills 9, affects thousands in Solapur
SOLAPUR: An epidemic of cholera mainly in the slums in the eastern part of Solapur city has affected 4,048 people, leaving nine dead in the last one week.
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Polluted water sparks jaundice fear in Mumbai
Mumbai: After having braved the water crisis, the 400-odd families of Panchshil housing society in Worli now face another water woe. The society has been getting contaminated water supply for the last one month, which was become a major health hazard for the residents.