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 council chairman, Langtang North Local Government Area of Plateau state, Dan Dul, said 10 persons have, in the past few days, died of cholera in the area. The council chairman said the death toll in the past one week has risen to 10, with 48 new cases currently been …
TWELVE people died of diarrhoea countrywide last week, the Ministry of Health and Child Care said yesterday. This brings the number of people who have died of diarrhoea in the first half of the year to 234 out of the 227 968 reported cases. According to the ministry weekly disease …
Women in Maiduguri on Wednesday described as ”unbearable” the lingering scarcity of fresh tomatoes in this year’s Ramadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the scarcity of the commodity in the major markets in the Borno capital has forced the residents to resort to sachet and tinned tomatoes …
Nearly 25% of the global population (1.8 billion people in 2012) is consuming fecally-contaminated water. This water can contain bacteria, protozoa, and viruses that can cause a variety of diseases in humans, most notably gastroenteritis. The impact on public health is staggering. Unsafe water, inadequate sanitation, and poor hygiene are …
Cholera has killed at least 18 people in Juba, capital of South Sudan, in the last three weeks and the government will step up measures to counter the spread of the disease, the health minister Riek Gai Kok said on Tuesday. Juba has seen more than 171 suspected cholera cases …
LUDHIANA: PAU claims to have developed a water-testing kit that costs only Rs 40. Punjab Agricultural University's department of microbiology says the kit is portable and is able to find out whether the tested water is drinkable or not. It is available at the PAU department's building for Rs 40. …
Washington D.C. — Study Found Greater Impact in Reducing Diarrhea in Children with Educated Mothers A new study has found that orange sweet potato (OSP) reduced both the prevalence and duration of diarrhea in young children in Mozambique. The OSP was conventionally bred to provide more vitamin A in the …
Twelve people died of diarrhoea across the country this week, the Ministry of Health and Child Care said yesterday. This brings the number of people who have died of diarrhoea this year to 211. According to the ministry' weekly disease update, Midlands is the hardest hit. The report says 8 …
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has said that more than 500 people had died as a result of cholera outbreak in Nigeria in the last five months. Mr Olusoji Adeniyi, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, UNICEF, disclosed this at a two-day workshop for ethical and humanitarian stories reporting for journalists …
Tap water polluted with faecal matter could be the cause of mystery stomach problems, according to new research. Leaking water pipes underground have been found to allow potentially harmful contaminants into drinking water. These contaminants – which could include viruses and bacteria from faeces - can cause stomach upsets, experts …
VARANASI: The supply of contaminated water in various localities across the city is threatening the lives of the people. Patients suffering from water-borne diseases, especially diarrhoea are visiting the OPDs of government hospitals daily. Over 50% patients visiting government hospitals are prone to water-borne diseases. Varanasi Municipal Corporation (VMC) claims …
Take an African scientist and an African engineer and ask them to find a solution to water-borne problems that impact on 783 million people, and cause 443 million ‘lost school days a year’ due to disease. Chances are that they will come up with a solution to provide Africans with …
NAIROBI Governor Evans Kidero has said cholera still poses a huge threat to city residents. Kidero said the county has bought medicine and water treatment facilities towards the fight against cholera. "These will be delivered to Mama Lucy, Mathare North, Mbagathi, Mutuini, Bahati and Kibera South hospitals with immediate effect," …
A five-year old girl in Karagita estate in Naivasha yesterday was suspected of having cholera. Medical health officer Dr Oren Ombiro said tests showed she is cholera-free. The disease has been reported in several counties, with the national death toll standing at more than 50. Naivasha subcounty public health officer …
With Canadian government funding, medical scientists have created and demonstrated a new tool that could dramatically lower the tragic annual toll of 760,000 infants and children killed, and millions more stunted, due to severe diarrhea. Using an inexpensive innovation in specimen collection, the Canadian-led team diagnosed previously unrecognized pathogens that …
Two remandees have died and 30 others been admitted following a cholera outbreak at Shimo la Tewa prison in Mombasa. Erick Odhiambo and Hamisi Samba were serving sentences for stealing and rape, Coast Prisons boss James Kodeny told the media yesterday. "The relatives of the deceased have been informed, and …
A total of 3,235 cholera cases and 65 deaths have been reported nationally since Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Health. In a statement, the Health ministry said 11 counties have been affected by the cholera outbreak since December 26, 2014. The counties are: Nairobi, Migori, Homa Bay, Bomet, Mombasa, …
A severe humanitarian crisis is emerging in Tanzania as thousands of refugees from Burundi continue to seek asylum in neighbouring countries, due to escalating political tensions, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). According to the organization, the situation is especially worrisome in Kagunga village in Tanzania where the original …
Climate change in Ethiopia is occurring against a backdrop of rapid population growth and urbanization, entrenched poverty and a heavy burden of disease, and there is little information on specific health risks with which to approach adaptation planning and strengthen adaptive capacity. Using detailed household surveys (400 households, 1660 individuals, …
Ensuring universal access to water is vital in order to address food security and improve nutrition, yet recognition of the links between water and food are too often missed. A major report on water for food security and nutrition, launched on Friday by the high-level panel of experts on food …
