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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Kenya: Kidero Bans Unlicensed Water Tankers After Suspected Cholera Outbreak
Nairobi — Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero has put a ban on all unlicensed water tankers distributing water in the city. The move follows a suspected cholera outbreak that left dozens of people admitted
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Nigeria: Red Alert for Cholera, Hepatitis E Outbreaks
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised red alert for acute outbreaks of cholera and hepatitis E in Nigeria. The WHO blamed the cholera outbreaks on lack of access to clean drinking water and poor
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Floods affect 9,000 people in South Darfur IDP camp
o Flash floods affect 9,000 people (1,780 families) in Kalma IDP camp, South Darfur. o About 42,700 children have been screened for acute malnutrition in Jebel Marra, of whom 800 had SAM and 3,909 had
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Sudan: Cholera in South Kordofan- Student Dies, Infections Spread
Delling / Kadugli / Ed Daein — Four people died of cholera in Delling in South Kordofan, including a university student. Three other students also contracted cholera. Meanwhile the university of Kadugli
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Impact of the Three Gorges project on ecological environment changes and snail distribution in Dongting Lake area
<p>The Three Gorges Dam (TGD) is a remarkable, far-reaching project in China. This study was conducted to assess the impact of TGD on changes in the ecological environment, snail distribution and schistosomiasis
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Yemen cholera outbreak gradually slowing: UN
A cholera outbreak in Yemen, which has claimed 1,400 lives in two months, shows tentative signs of slowing as fatality rates drop by half, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, July 4, AFP reports.
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Sudan: Cholera Spreads in Darfur Camps
Nyala / Shearia / Tendelti — The state Ministry of Health placed medical tents to combat the spread of cholera in the overcrowded Kalma camp for displaced people in South Darfur. Five people died of
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Cases of Watery Diarrhea Receding in all the State:Minister.
Khartoum- (Haffiya Elyas) Federal Ministry of Health has announced yesterday a huge ebbing in cases of watery diarrhea in all the States, particularly in the White Nile State. Federal Minister of Health,
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Water Mission launches MK90 million WASH project in Salima, targets 6,000 households
The Water and Sanitation Health (WASH) MK90 million project to enhance access to quality water as a means to avert fears of waterborne diseases had berm launched in Salima North-West constituency at Traditional
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Cholera, diarrhea present deadly risk to tens of thousands of children- UNICEF
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is calling for funds to help provide clean water and sanitation to vulnerable communities. Yemen is in the grip of the world's worst outbreak of cholera, but diarrhea