Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
Diarrheal disease is the world’s second leading cause of death among young children. It claims more than half a million lives of children under five years old each year, accounting for 9% of global child deaths. It is also a leading cause of morbidity in children, including chronic malnutrition. The …
The joint World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and World Health Organization (WHO) Climate and Health Office has issued a briefing paper about health and the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) as part of a wider WHO effort to review the current health risks and responses of the El Nino event in …
Introduction of Vibrio cholerae to Haiti during the deployment of United Nations (UN) peacekeepers in 2010 resulted in one of the largest cholera epidemics of the modern era. Following the outbreak, a UN-commissioned independent panel recommended three pre-deployment intervention strategies to minimize the risk of cholera introduction in future peacekeeping …
Mbale — Authorities in Mbale District have expressed concern over the rising cases of cholera. Acting district health officer Jonathan Wangisi said since the epidemic broke out in December, cases have shot up from 56 to 110 while five people have died. Dr Wangisi said at least four new cases …
SHIMLA: This Himachal Pradesh capital on Thursday reported its first death due to jaundice that has gripped the city with more than 800 cases of the water-borne disease reported in the past few weeks, doctors said. The death of the 29-year-old woman due to jaundice was reported from the Indira …
More than 500 cases of jaundice have been reported from this Himachal Pradesh capital in the past few weeks and their number has been increasing each day, doctors said on Wednesday. Shimla civic authorities suspect that mixing of sewage with the potable water has caused the spread of the water-borne …
Shimla: On the issue of supply of contaminated water to residents in Shimla, the Himachal Pradesh high court on Tuesday directed the concerned parties to file status report within two days. The court also appointed senior advocate Ramakant Sharma as amicus curiae to assist it in this matter. On Tuesday, …
Reckitt Benckiser (RB), manufacturers of Dettol, and the Plan International Pakistan, a developmental sector organisation, have collaborated to design and test a new approach to reduce the incidence of diarrhoea among under-five children by improving the health, hygiene and sanitationconditions. The RB and the Plan recently jointly launched an innovative …
One person has died while 26 others are under treatment following cholera outbreaks in Malawi's eastern districts of Machinga and Zomba, the Ministry of Health has said. By December 25, 2015, according to Secretary for Health, Dr McPhil Magwira, Machinga recorded a cumulative total of 19 cholera cases and one …
ATHI RIVER deputy county commissioner Kodeck Makori has announced a cholera outbreak in Athi River town. He addressed a public baraza in the town on Wednesday. Makori said two cases have been reported and being treated at Athi River Health Centre. He said the two adults are from Kwa Mangeli …
A dramatic disparity between the results of blinded versus open trial designs has raised questions about the effectiveness of water quality interventions and other environmental interventions to prevent diarrhea, a leading killer of young children in low-income countries. Researchers summarize the results of blinded versus open trials of water quality …
Seven people have died and 541 admitted after a cholera outbreak in Dadaab's Dagahaley refugee camp. About 30 per cent of the patients are children under twelve, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said, adding the heavy rains and poor sanitation stoked the spread. "The rains are exacerbating an already precarious hygiene …
Eleven people died of diarrhoea countrywide in the last week of November, the Ministry of Health and Child Care has said. This brings the total number of people who have died of diarrhoea so far this year to 460 out of the 479 147 cases reported. According to the ministry's …
A number of public health catastrophes – arising largely out of environmental reasons -- are staring the people of India in the face. While the debate over polluted air and how to control it rages on in the national capital, people have also had to contend with a host of …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Water-Borne Diseases, 04/12/2015. Consumption of contaminated drinking water can cause diseases such as Cholera, Acute Diarrhoeal Diseases, Enteric Fever (Typhoid), Viral Hepatitis etc. As per the data reported by Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI), State/UT- wise number of cases and deaths due to …
Enteric fever due to Salmonella Typhi (typhoid fever) occurs in urban areas with poor sanitation. While direct fecal-oral transmission is thought to be the predominant mode of transmission, recent evidence suggests that indirect environmental transmission may also contribute to disease spread. Original Source
Epidemiological studies carried out using culture or microscopy in most of the amoebiasis endemic developing countries, yielded confusing results since none of these could differentiate the pathogenic Entamoeba histolytica from the non-pathogenic Entamoeba dispar and Entamoeba moshkovskii. The Northeastern part of India is a hot spot of infection since the …
Hyderabad: Replacement of water filters is of prime importance as contaminants get stuck to the pores of the filter restricting the cleaning process. The filters are found filled with small minute metal particles and contaminants due to which the matter gets blocked inside. Due to this, there is a small …
The combination of deworming and improved sanitation or hygiene may result in greater reductions in soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infection than any single intervention on its own. We measured STH prevalence in rural Bangladesh and assessed potential interactions among deworming, hygienic latrines, and household finished floors. Original Source
Two people have died and seven hospitalised following a cholera outbreak in Mwakirunge, Mombasa county. One victim was buried last Saturday and the other on Tuesday. Three people were treated in private hospitals and discharged. The seven are admitted at the Coast General Provincial Hospital. Area MCA Enoch Mwadziwe on …
