Half of the world’s population still does not have adequate access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) which could have prevented at least 1.4 million deaths and 74 million disability-adjusted life years in 2019, according to this latest report by the World Health Organization (WHO). The report summarizes …
Nearly 3,000 new cases of diarrhoea were reported across the province on Tuesday, a Sindh government official said. Of the 2,958 patients of diarrhoea reported at hospitals in a single day, 457 were admitted while the remaining patients were released after being provided treatment, according to an additional director of …
A student died of diarrhea outbreak in Kalika VDC in Achham district, Friday night. Surat Tamata, a resident of Ward No. 8 in the VDC died on Friday night. He died at home as he returned from treatment at Kalika Health Post after he caught diarrhea Friday, said his relative …
We studied the co morbidities in hospitalized children with severe acute malnourishment 104 severe acute malnourished children were included, of which 54% had diarrhea, and 27.8% had acute respiratory tract infections. Tuberculosis was diagnosed in 22% of cases (60.8% cases in children 6-12 mo. Old). Malaria and Measles were diagnosed …
Two out of the six water samples collected from Jawahar Nagar camp area have failed the potability test. These water samples of MC water were collected by the Health Department on June 18. Dr Avinash Kumar, District Health Officer, Ludhiana, said: "These samples were collected after people complained of yellow …
The government today said no outbreak of any water, food or air-borne disease has been reported from the flood-affected areas of Uttarakhand. A three-member high-level committee from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is in Dehradun to review the public health situations with state health authorities. The team had …
Amid fears of disease outbreak after widespread devastation in flood-affected Uttarakhand, the Union health ministry has deputed a high-level team which will review the public health measures in the state tomorrow. The ministry said it was monitoring the situation and has initiated a few steps for relief operations that include …
With the increasing intensity of summer heat, waterborne diseases are becoming epidemic especially in the outskirt settlements of the city. Around 36 people, including 22 children, majority of them belong to Landhi and Korani areas and suffering with abdominal pain, diarrhoea and stomach disorder were admitted at Sindh Government Hospital …
A total of 11 persons died of diarrhoea in the past month while about 15,897 people were admitted to hospitals across 21 out of 23 districts of the province since May 13, according to health department officials. The two diarrhoea-free districts during the past month were found to be Shikarpur …
KATHMANDU, JUN 18 - The Department of Food Technology and Quality Control (DFTQC) has found the milk of Dairy Development Corporation (DDC) contaminated with coliform (a harmful bacterium). According to the DFTQC, DDC’s milk available in half-liter blue pack has been found containing the harmful microbe. The department, of late, …
There Is A Rise In Number Of Jaundice Cases Reported In The Tribal Block After malnutrition deaths, Attapadi is now staring at waterborne diseases. There is a rise in number of jaundice cases reported in all three panchayats in the tribal block. Pudur village witnessed the first jaundice death – …
Recent extreme temperatures that are commonly followed by floods can largely be attributed to climatic warming Near-record temperatures in Pakistan have claimed hundreds of lives and devastated crops in the third major heatwave in four years. But as temperatures on Friday dipped to under 38C (100F), signalling the end of …
Barely days into monsoon and the city has already witnessed an alarming jump in malaria cases, laying bare the poor vector control preparation by civic authorities. About 86 malaria cases have been reported from Hyderabad in the last two weeks and 213 cases from across the state during the past …
A woman died and at least 50 people are suffering from diarrhoea in two villages adjoining Jibantala in Canning block II. Doctors confirmed the death of Menoka Sardar, 40, a resident of Bhabanandachoti village under Deuli-I gram panchayat of Jibantala, who was had been suffering from diarrhoea for two days. …
Maternal undernutrition contributes to 800 000 neonatal deaths annually through small for gestational age births; stunting, wasting, and micronutrient deficiencies are estimated to underlie nearly 3·1 million child deaths annually. Progress has been made with many interventions implemented at scale and the evidence for effectiveness of nutrition interventions and delivery …
The lives of over 150,000 children in the country could be saved by a $5-million-programme launched in India by UNICEF-Canada and Teck under the Zinc Alliance for Child Health(ZACH). The five-year programme aims at scaling up the use of zinc supplementation and oral rehydration salts (ORS) to treat diarrhoea while …
Researchers have developed a new oral diarrhoea vaccine which in a clinical phase I-study has shown promising results to combat the disease that kills 300,000 children per year in the developing world.Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) bacteria are the primary cause of diarrhoea in children.There is no ETEC vaccine available on …
VALPOI: At least 100 people from three remote villages in Sattari taluka have taken ill after reportedly drinking contaminated water. While people from Zarme, Coporde and Charvane in Sattari began suffering from fever, vomiting and diarrhea for about three days, authorities became aware of the gravity of the situation only …
BHOPAL: As the temperature soars, city hospitals are reporting a spurt in heat related illnesses. According to data from the district civil hospital, of the 980 patients treated on Tuesday, 658 suffered due to the weather adversities. About a dozen patients of heat stroke were admitted for emergency care, said …
India on Tuesday unveiled its first breakthrough vaccine for severe rotavirus diarrhoea, which kills more than 1 lakh children under five in the country every year. Billed as India’s first social innovation and novel vaccine development project, the locally made affordable vaccine—Rotavac—is likely to be launched in the first quarter …
Over 1,00,000 children, below the age of 11 months, die of diarrhoea annually in India which is the second leading killer of young children globally, after pneumonia. India accounts for the highest number of diarrhoeal deaths, a latest study has suggested. A new international study published in the latest edition …
