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 …
Rabat – A report by WHO and UNICEF shows that 2.1 billion people lack safe drinking water at home and 4.5 billion lack safely managed sanitation. While billions of people have gained access to drinking water and sanitation services in the last twenty years, WHO’s report shows that safe water …
Shamvhura-The beneficiary communities of the Shamvhura-Shamangorwa water project in Ndiyona Constituency in Kavango East are seriously concerned about the groundwater being piped to their villages for consumption as it apparently causes diarrhoea. Apart from allegedly causing diarrhoea the water is corrosive and stains white shirts, according to the community. Ten …
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, Bahr Idris Abu Garda said while addressing the Higher Committee to follow up and take measures for controlling …
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 diseases and malnutrition are also endangering the lives of tens of thousands of children in South Sudan, …
COALITION of Civil Society Organisations under the aegis, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health (PSN-PACFaH) has raised alarm over rising cases of diarrhoea and pneumonia among children in Lagos State despite the availability of effective drugs to combat the scourge. The coalition which made …
Pune: With the number of swine flu cases increasing across Maharashtra, the state health machinery has turned to the old treatment protocol. State health minister Deepak Sawant announced on Thursday that every patient complaining of high-grade fever, cold, runny nose, and in some cases diarrhoea, be administered the oseltamivir capsule, …
Khartoum - Suspected acute diarrhoea has killed 38 Sudanese in the past month and 317 since August 2016, the UN said on Wednesday, warning the outbreak could worsen ahead of the rainy season. The UN children's agency - or Unicef - said cases of suspected acute diarrhoea were reported across …
Along with the rest of the parts of the State, the Diarrhoea Control Fortnight, 2017, was formally launched in the district on June 12. Under the scheme, ORS packets will be distributed to 1.30 lakh children under 5 years of age in every household of the district. Moreover, zinc tablets …
Anganwadi workers to distribute ORS packets Udupi CMC president Meenakshi Madhav appealed to the public to maintain cleanliness in and around their surroundings. After inaugurating ‘Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight’ organised by the department of health and family welfare, Rotary Club and Lions Club at an anganwadi at Padunittur in Udupi …
Khartoum - At least 279 people have died and thousands sickened in Sudan from suspected acute diarrhoea since August, UN agencies said on Monday, raising health concerns in the country ahead of the rainy season. About 87% of those affected are children aged five and above from across 11 states …
Khartoum — The Council of Ministers chaired by the First Vice - President and National Prime Minister, Lt. Gen. Bakri Hassan Sali, heard Thursday a report on the phenomenon on watery diarrhea presented by the Federal Minister of Health, Bahr Idris Abu-Garda. The minister said the current situation shows a …
Nearly 16,000 young children die every day around the world, says researcher Sue Grady, citing U.N. figures. The Michigan State University medical geographer says newborns account for about half of the deaths. A U.N. study of neonatal mortality around the world found that Africa has the highest rate, at 28 …
Thousands of survivors of devastating floods and landslides in Sri Lanka are at risk of potentially fatal diseases such as dengue fever, charities warned on Monday as the death toll from the disaster continued to rise. Torrential rains over the last four days have sparked widespread flooding and triggered landslides …
Almost 100 percent water used by the slum people in Dhaka faces faecal contamination, which causes various diarrhoeal diseases and consequently, malnutrition, mostly to children, says a new study. The contamination is caused basically after collection of water from the last point of water supply by the Water and Sewerage …
The Nairobi county has activated cholera treatment centres following an outbreak of the disease in the city. Health executive Bernard Muia and chief officer Sam Ochola yesterday said five cases of the disease have been confirmed. “Five people are admitted at the Nairobi Hospital and laboratory tests have confirmed that …
Nairobi was on Thursday evening on high alert after three people who all met and ate at a wedding in Karen on Saturday died of cholera. Five others including a foreigner are admitted to various hospitals in the city. The victims and patients were part of a larger group of …
African governments and their development partners should invest in new home-grown initiatives to reduce high death rates among the continent's youth from preventable causes, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a report released in Nairobi on Tuesday The report titled 'Global accelerated action for the health of adolescents: Guidance …
Thika — A slaughterhouse in Makongeni, Thika has been shut down after six people were admitted at Thika level 5 Hospital following an anthrax outbreak suspected to have emanated from the abattoir. Kiambu County Chief Officer Health Stephen Njuguna told Nation by yesterday evening they had six reported cases. He …
Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi have agreed to collaborate in fighting malaria and diarrhoeal diseases, amid revelations that 949 people have died of the disease since the beginning of this year in the three countries. There were four million recorded cases of malaria in the three countries during the same period. …
A three-year drought has left more than half a million people in need of urgent humanitarian aid in Somaliland. More than 100,000 people have left their homes in search of food. The lack of clean water has also led to acute diarrhoea and disease. Al Jazeera's Catherine Soi reports from …
