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 …
The news that a promising vaccine has been tested against Ebola is very welcome. But, as we in Nepal know only too well, the development of a vaccine is no guarantee that it will be used. Back in 1987, a successful trial of a typhoid vaccine here in Kathmandu gave …
Climate change, cholera and the return of thousands of emigrants from the neighboring Dominican Republican are fueling a humanitarian crisis in Haiti, the UN warned Tuesday. The impoverished Caribbean nation is facing a deluge of problems, pushing an already vulnerable population closer to the edge, said Enzo di Taranto, who …
AN urgent call for preventive measures has been sounded by authorities in Dar es Salaam, both region and city, following confirmed outbreak of the deadly cholera epidemic, which has so far claimed the lives of two people in Kinondoni Municipality. According to the Dar es Salaam Regional Commissioner (RC), Saidi …
THE United Children's Fund (UNICEF) and Yobe State Government have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on how to improve the state's water supply and sanitation schemes, including the development of the education sector in the next two years. Signing the MoU Friday at the Government House, Damaturu, Governor Ibrahim …
One person has died and seven others have been admitted to Isiolo Level Four Hospital following a cholera outbreak. A child below the age of four died on Tuesday evening and seven members of one family are now secluded in a ward to contain the outbreak. Isiolo Medical Superintendent Abdikadir …
This entire fortnight paediatricians from the city will be focusing their attention on spreading awareness about the use of oral rehydration therapy (ORS) and benefits of breastfeeding. While they will draw attention towards preventing lakhs of infant deaths because of diarrhoea between July 26 and August 1 to mark World …
Dengue threat is back in the State capital with three suspected cases of the disease being reported from different hospitals. The chances of the spread of the disease increase during the rainy season. Three patients each having symptoms of the disease is admitted in the Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust (HIHT) …
Fourteen people died of diarrhoea countrywide during the first week of this month, Ministry of Health and Child Care said yesterday. This brings the total number of people who have died of diarrhoea so far this year to 270 out of 255 735 reported cases. According to the ministry surveillance …
Thousands of the distressed women living in remote char areas on the Brahmaputra basin have achieved laudable success in the health, hygiene, sanitation and safe drinking water sectors. The exceptional success achieved by char women with assistance of Chars Livelihoods Programme (CLP) has reduced extent of water-borne diseases and related …
The BMC, on a daily basis, conducts tests on samples collected from every ward at the Dadar and Bhandup water treatment complexes. In A bid to check the problem of water contamination in the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has begun the process of mapping areas that register a …
There’s nothing more appealing than a refreshing dip in a swimming pool on a summer’s day. But be warned. Some health experts are becoming concerned that swimming in chlorinated pools may be at the root of some serious health problems. Chlorine has been widely used to disinfect our water supply …
Most studies of the causes of diarrhoea in low-income and middle-income countries have looked at severe disease in people presenting for care, and there are few estimates of pathogen-specific diarrhoea burdens in the community. The researchers undertook a birth cohort study with not only intensive community surveillance for diarrhoea but …
Thirty cholera cases have been reported in Naivasha subcounty in two months, area medical officer of health Dr Oren Ombiro has said. He said most patients have been treated and discharged and the last three patients, a woman and two children, are admitted at the Naivasha Subcounty Referral Hospital. "The …
The Acting General Manager of the Ebonyi Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency, Sunday Opoke, has said that over 3,000 water-boreholes are currently dilapidated in the state. Mr. Opoke said this in the Ebonyi State capital, Abakaliki, noting that the situation has made it difficult for rural dwellers to access …
If a lone study is to be believed, the stream which cuts through Mingora, Swat is fed 75 tonnes of waste on a daily basis. While locals cannot corroborate, they firmly believe this is no longer a ‘fresh’ water source. Toti Khan, who runs a hotel atop the stream, recalls …
Khartoum — Sudan's Health Ministry on Sunday said it raised the level of alert to prevent transmission of cholera to the Sudanese territories from South Sudan. "The Federal Ministry of Health has raised the level of alert in the disease monitoring system and adopted a package of precautionary measures to …
Cholera cases are rapidly increasing in South Sudan's capital, Juba, as the cost of clean water skyrockets amid a worsening economic crisis. 33 people have died in Juba alone including seven children under five, with 700 more people infected with the deadly and contagious disease. Zlatko Gegic, Country Director for …
Cholera is endemic in Bangladesh with epidemics occurring each year. The decision to use a cheap oral killed whole-cell cholera vaccine to control the disease depends on the feasibility and effectiveness of vaccination when delivered in a public health setting. We therefore assessed the feasibility and protective effect of delivering …
Use of oral vaccines is proving to be an effective tool to control outbreaks of cholera, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday, adding that the deadly water-borne disease is a major public health concern from Tanzania to South Sudan, and Nepal to Yemen. The use of Oral Cholera Vaccines …
ANOTHER cholera outbreak has claimed 10 lives in Ebonyi State, bringing the number to 30 the epidemic has killed in the state recently. Confirming the incidents of cholera outbreak, the State Epidemiologist, Dr. Francis Onwe said about 20 other victims of the disease are receiving treatment in hospitals in the …
