Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re: News item appearing in The Hindu dated 21.12.2023 titled “6 dead, 1000 infected in suspected cholera outbreak in Rourkela dated 22/12/2023. The original application is registered in suo-moto exercise of power on the basis of the news item …
Kenya's huge and squalid slums don't have much of anything, except mountains of trash that fill rivers and muddy streets, breeding disease. Now Kenyan designers have built a cooker that uses the trash as fuel to feed the poor, provide hot water and destroy toxic waste, as well as curbing …
climate change Poznan talks begin Delegates from 186 nations congregated in the Polish city of Poznan on December 1 to negotiate a new climate change treaty to succeed the Kyoto Protocol in 2012. Ministers discussed their vision for long-term cooperative action and emphasized the economic slowdown should not overshadow the …
Chris McGreal Health workers in Zimbabwe are warning that international alarm over the spreading cholera emergency, which has claimed nearly a thousand lives, is overshadowing the AIDS crisis, which is killing as many people every three days. The rising death toll from cholera, brought on by collapsed sewerage systems infecting …
GENEVA: The onset of seasonal rain in Zimbabwe has increased fears that the cholera epidemic there could turn into a catastrophe with thousands more sick and further spreading into neighbouring countries, according to the Red Cross federation.
HARARE: A Cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe has killed nearly 500 people in the biggest outbreak recorded recently in the crisis-hit country, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday. The cholera, easily prevented and treated under normal circumstances, is a sign of Zimbabwe
HARARE: Zimbabwe has cut water supplies to the nation's capital Harare, state media reported on Monday, leaving most of the city dry as authorities struggle to contain a cholera epidemic. Since the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) had failed to find chemicals to treat the water supply, the state-run utility …
The death toll from an outbreak of cholera in Mozambique has risen to 60, a top health official said on Thursday, prompting the government to declare an alert in the country's central province. "The deaths are on the rise, we have 60 people dead now, 20 of them in just …
China's southern resort island of Hainan has confirmed 30 cholera cases and nearly 300 suspected cases in the last few days, the provincial government said on Friday. No deaths had been reported, the government website said, but Xinhua news agency said on Thursday an eight-year-old girl died of congenital heart …
Hyderabad, Sept. 21: Due to continuing rains in the state, viral fever and cholera cases are on rise in several areas including the state capital. Poor sanitation and contaminated water supply are cited as main reasons by the health experts for the spread of the water-borne diseases. Incidentally, the majority …
Cholera had broken out among up to 300,000 Pakistanis who fled the fighting between government forces and militants, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Friday. The situation in the Bajaur region remains
Delhi has reported 450 cases of cholera this year; the civic authorities said on Monday and apprehended that the situation may worsen in the wake of the recent floods in Yamuna. "Cholera has been a constant problem in the city. We have so far reported over 450 cases,' said V.K. …
Contaminants in the city's water supply are a major cause of several infectious diseases, including cholera, typhoid, hepatitis, polio, cryptosporidiosis, ascariasis, and schistosomiasis, Daily Times learnt from health experts on Sunday. Corroded pipelines: The experts said that human excreta had polluted the water supply in the city during the recent …
Vaccine from Vietnam found effective in a trial in Kolkata A new reformulated oral cholera vaccine (ocv), earlier tested and found effective in Vietnam, was found to be safe in a cholera endemic region in Kolkata.
If anybody needed a reminder of how crippling bureaucracy can be, consider the campaign to clean up the sacred Yamuna River in Delhi. The river oozes through town like a putrid ribbon of black sludge. Its level of fecal bacteria is 10,000 times higher than what's deemed safe for bathing. …
An effective vaccine against cholera has been used for public health purposes in Vietnam since the 1990s. This vaccine was reformulated to meet WHO requirements. The researchers assessed the safety and immunogenicity of the reformulated bivalent (Vibrio cholerae 01 and 0139) killed whole cell oral vaccine in a cholera endemic …
The BWSSB officials on Monday said there is no case of water contamination at Shamanna Garden from where 20 suspected gastro-entritis cases were shifted to Isolation Hospital. Assistant Executive Engineer K Narasanna said the samples of water were taken from the spot and tested in the presence of BBMP health …
The threat of a cholera outbreak loomed large over the City with 46 suspected cases of the disease being admitted at Isolation Hospital since Sunday. Seven cases which tested positive for cholera under the hanging drop method, at St Martha's Hospital (5) and St Philomena's Hospital (2), were referred to …
