Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Asha Devi, Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat Bhagwanpur, Khand Chhanchhrauli, Yamunanagar Vs State of Haryana dated 18/09/2019 regarding industrial pollution in village Bhagwanpur, Tehsil Chhachhrauli, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana on account of ply wood and chemical factories operating in violation of environmental …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Asha Devi, Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat Bhagwanpur, Khand Chhanchhrauli, Yamunanagar Vs State of Haryana dated 18/09/2019 regarding industrial pollution in village Bhagwanpur, Tehsil Chhachhrauli, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana on account of ply wood and chemical factories operating in violation of environmental …
According to the weekly health report, the city recorded 629 cases of diarrhea, 270 cases of jaundice, 430 cases of typhoid and four cases of cholera in the category of water-borne diseases. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has recorded 55% of total typhoid cases in six wards of the city …
Ahmedabad: Contamination in water supply lines in the city of Ahmedabad has led to a 47% jump in the number of typhoid cases in June this year as compared to June 2018. Cases of cholera registered a 114% increase during the same period. According to the health department of the …
Bulawayo — At least eight people have died and over 40 others admitted to hospital following a recurring outbreak of typhoid in central Zimbabwe. The tragedy is out of 1 460 suspected cases confirmed in the Midlands provincial town of Gweru. Over 60 percent of the cases since last week …
The Ministry of Health and Child Care has condemned Gweru City Council water as unsafe for drinking amid reports more people continue succumbing to typhoid following an outbreak of the disease in Gweru City. At least 5 people have been confirmed dead following the outbreak while over 600 were affected …
Enteric fever continues to be a major cause of mortality and morbidity globally, particularly in poor resource settings. Lack of rapid diagnostic assays is a major driving factor for the empirical treatment of enteric fever. In this work, a rapid and sensitive method ‘Miod’ ‘has been developed. Miod includes a …
Malawi has launched a new generation of typhoid vaccines making it the first country in Africa using the vaccines to fight typhoid infections in children. Four-year-old Golden Kondowe was the first child to receive the vaccine, on Wednesday (January 21) in Blantyre’s Ndirande Township. The settlement has registered at least …
Scrub typhus, encephalitis, malaria are other reasons, says multi-centre study A multi-centric observational study of 34 Intensive Care Units (ICUs) across India on 456 patients — critically ill adults and children with non-localised fever — has found that dengue was the reason for most ICU admissions (105.23%) across the country. …
Harare – Zimbabwean health officials have reportedly said that at least 200 cases of typhoid have been recorded in Harare, adding that the country is on high alert following a cholera outbreak in Zambia. According to Daily News, the health and child care ministry said that they were no deaths …
The new vaccine was found to have given a longer immunity from typhoid than older vaccines and it required fewer doses for childhood immunisation. Bharat Biotech Ltd (BBL), a Hyderabad-based vaccine maker, on Wednesday, said that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has pre-qualified its typhoid conjugate vaccine. The new vaccine …
A new vaccine that could prevent up to nine-in-10 cases of typhoid fever has been recommended by the World Health Organization. Experts say it could have a "huge impact" on the 22 million cases, and 220,000 deaths, from typhoid each year. Crucially it works in children, who are at high-risk …
The latest outbreak, confirmed by council spokesperson Michael Chideme yesterday, has been blamed on water shortages, raw sewer spillages and uncollected garbage in the city’s populous high-density suburb. “There is typhoid scare in the Mbare suburb and our medical team is on the ground attending to the suspected cases,” Chideme …
Poor sanitation, water accumulation behind spread of diseases With having poor sanitation conditions, wild growth and water accumulation all around, Kumbhra has been witnessing a rise in cases of malaria, viral fever and dengue of late. If goes by the words of private doctors practicing at the village, a sudden …
There are no more cases of typhoid in Harare owing to measures taken by the Ministry of Health and Child Care and its partners, a Cabinet minister has said. Health and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa last week said the last case confirmed in Harare was on June 20. …
THE Ministry of Health (MOH) says typhoid that broke out in Muchinga and Lusaka provinces early this year is now under control. MOH spokesperson Kennedy Malama said currently, there is no patient under treatment, and there has been no death reported so far. “There are a total of 142 cases …
Four cases of dengue and one case each of chikungunya and falciparum malaria have been reported in the same period. Even before the rains set in, mosquitoes have unleashed their terror. In the month of June, till 17th, the city reported 488 cases of malaria, which means an average of …
Residents in Lusaka's Kalingalinga are up in arms with the Ministry of Health following the outbreak of typhoid in compound. A water crisis in the area has contributed to the outbreak. The residents have appealed to government to facilitate uninterrupted supply of water to the area. The Ministry of Health …
TYPHOID has broken out in Mpika district with 38 cases recorded so far, and two admitted to Chilonga Mission Hospital. Mpika district medical officer Jane Mwenda and Muchinga Province permanent secretary Bright Nundwe confirmed the outbreak of typhoid in separate interviews yesterday. Dr Mwenda disclosed that 36 patients have been …
Poor lab capability, surveillance and lack of sanitation are enabling the spread of a typhoid strain that is resistant to drugs, a researcher has warned. Prof Sam Kariuki, the head of microbiology at Kenya Medical Research Institute, said H58 whose origin can be traced to Nepalese capital Kathmandu was now …
The incident of multi-drug resistance cases of typhoid is increasing in Sub Saharan Africa, making it difficlut and expensive for the disease to be treated. Samuel Kariuki, a researcher with the Kenya Medical Research Institute, noted that about 60% of cases of typhoid recorded in Sub Saharan Africa are resistant …
