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 …
Hamirpur: Residents of Bari village under the Pharnol panchayat, where 124 persons had developed symptoms of diarrhoea on Monday, have said that there might be residues of some dead animal or bird in the bowli water that led to its contamination. Meanwhile, 59 fresh cases of diarrhoea were reported today. …
Heavy Consumption Of Soft Drinks Can Cause Blood Potassium To Drop Dangerously Low: Experts Think twice before you take a sip from that cola bottle this summer. Experts are warning that excessive cola consumption can lead to anything from mild weakness to profound muscle paralysis. This is because the cola …
Although there were less incidences of diarrhea in the city for last few days, the number of patients is likely to increase gradually over the next few days due to use of contaminated water, physicians at the ICDDR'B apprehended yesterday. "We are apprehending that the incidence of diarrhea can rise …
The world's poorest nations are not prepared for the strain climate change will put on their public health systems, according to studies by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and partners. The findings come ahead of a major summit of health ministers from Commonwealth nations in Geneva that …
May 13: In all, 56 fresh cases of diarrhoea and vomiting were reported at the government hospitals in the city on Wednesday. Among them, only four patients at Gandhi Hospital and one at Osmania Hospital are from Bholakpur, said the health officials. The new patients came from places like Moula …
May 13: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has been sitting over two dozen other Bholakpurs in the city. As many as 25 slums at various places in the city are highly vulnerable to diarrhoea and gastro enteritis (GE) cases. Every year, several cases of diarrhoea and GE are reported …
May 10: Two more people from Bholakpur succumbed to acute diarrhoea and vomiting on Sunday taking the death toll to 12 while 67 fresh cases were reported from new areas. Andalamma was admitted on May 3 to the Fever Hospital and was later shifted to Osmania Hospital. Ghouse Pasha had …
Hyderabad, May 10: Even as Gandhi and Fever Hospitals in the city are being thronged by victims of diarrhoea and cholera, the minister for health, Mr S. Chandrasekhar, on Sunday, played down the cholera outbreak in the city and blamed the media for triggering panic among people.
May 10: Even as the city awaited the confirmatory tests on the presence of cholera in the city, it transpired that state health officials have flouted every rule in the book in treating cholera patients, and victims. Officials have not invoked cholera prevention and control guidelines, for the simple reason …
May 7: Nearly 100 fresh cases, mostly children suffering from vomiting and diarrhoea, were reported at various hospitals in the city on Thursday while some of the patients were refusing to leave the hospital despite being given the discharge slip. The principal secretary for health, Mr L.V. Subramaniam said:
President Obama asked Congress on Tuesday to spend $63 billion over the next six years on a new, broader global health strategy that would reshape one of the signature foreign policy efforts of his predecessor, George W. Bush. Mr. Bush made combating global AIDS a centerpiece of his foreign agenda. …
With rain and moderate fall of temperature weather has somewhat improved and the scourge of diarrhoea has slightly fallen down. The temperature of Dhaka yesterday was 34 degree celsius. The temperature of last week on the same day was 36.5 degree celsius. People in the capital have experienced a 14-year …
Pakistan is currently spending as low as 15 dollars per capita per year on health from both domestic public and private sources and from international development assistance, says a new study published by the Asian Development Bank. The report,
NUAPADA: Thirteen buffaloes and over 30 goats have died in Bantapur village under Khasbahal gram panchayat in Khariar block over last one week. Villagers said drying up of the two water bodies in the village besides failure of tube wells to discharge water resulted in the deaths. Reports said the …
US energy companies rushing to exploit Pennsylvania's massive natural gas reserves have launched a public relations campaign to calm fears the bonanza is contaminating water with toxic chemicals. Drillers are holding public meetings to assure people the chemicals used to help extract gas from Pennsylvania's majority share of the Marcellus …
The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) yesterday called on the government to take immediate steps to prevent the Swine flu from spreading in the country by implementing a process of screening foreigners at the Bandaranaike International Airport. GMOA Assistant Secretary and Spokesman Dr. Upul Gunasekara said that the disease spreads …
Mariani tea garden areas may face deadly diarrhoea From our Correspondent JORHAT, April 29: Amidst the tall claims made by Asom State Health Department
The government will finally hold a meeting today to decide the next course of action to combat diarrhoea which has killed at least 40 persons in the last two months, said sources in the health ministry. Three persons have died and 167 people have been afflicted by diarrhoea in Comilla, …
Diarrhoea outbreak in the city has become phenomenal as the inhabitants have no other way except for drinking muddy and stinking water. Scorching heat continues all over the country, our correspondents from Bhola, Rangpur and Gopalganj have reported that one person in each place has died of heatstroke. The deceased …
With the World Health Organization (WHO) increasing the pandemic alert level for the swine influenza outbreak, the public health department (PHD) decided yesterday to implement counter measures throughout the country. The PHD director, Dr Ugen Dophu, said there was no need to panic, but that we shouldn
