Water for India: sustainable alternatives
In India, around three lakh children die of water-borne diseases every year, with diarrhoea alone causing more than 50 per cent of the deaths. Despite the primary sources of water in the country—groundwater
Waterborne diseases
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WHO to allocate 38 mln USD to contain cholera outbreak in Idai-hit Mozambique
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that 38 million U.S. dollars will be allocated to contain and minimize the extent of cholera outbreak in central Mozambique in the next three months.
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Cyclone Idai: cholera cases rise to more than 1,000 in Mozambique
Cholera has infected at least 1,052 people in Mozambique’s cyclone-hit region, the health ministry said on Monday in a new report, marking a massive increase from 139 cases reported four days ago. The
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Idai: Cholera cases spike to 517, first death reported in Mozambique
Cases of cholera in Mozambique soared to 517 people in Sofala province, the government of Mozambique said Sunday, while announcing that a first cholera fatality is now reported in the hard-hit port city
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Cholera cases increase to 271 in Mozambique's cyclone-hit Beira
The number of confirmed cases of cholera in Mozambique’s cyclone-hit port city of Beira has nearly doubled to 271 in the last 48 hours, the southern African nation’s government said on Saturday. Government
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Kenya: More Than 10 Cases of Cholera Reported in Nairobi in the Last Two Weeks
More than 10 cases of cholera have been reported in Nairobi since the outbreak of the disease in the capital two weeks ago. Nairobi County Health chief officer Dr Washington Makodingo said that so far
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Mozambique to start cholera vaccinations next week after cyclone
Mozambique will start a cholera vaccination campaign next week in areas ravaged by Cyclone Idai, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday, after five confirmed cases were detected. Thousands
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Cholera Cases in Mozambique Surge to 139 After Tropical Cyclone
Mozambique has confirmed 139 cases of cholera in the wake of a tropical cyclone that hit the southern African nation and killed more than 460 people. None of the cases has yet proven fatal, Ussene Isse,
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Cholera said to be spreading like "wildfire" in war-torn Yemen
UN human rights staff in Yemen are investigating an apparent airstrike on a hospital in opposition-held territory which reportedly killed at least seven civilians on Tuesday, amid fears that cholera is
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Severe water shortages a norm in some towns
After two decades of little or no maintenance of municipal sewerage plants, corruption and indifference, South Africans are vulnerable to medieval, waterborne diseases and something even more serious:
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Amid ruined lives, Mozambique's cyclone survivors face cholera, diarrhoea
Dozens of fragile patients poured into a clinic in the wrecked Mozambican port city of Beira on Wednesday, as the government said it had confirmed the first five cases of cholera in the wake of deadly