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 …
Killed, oral cholera vaccines have proven safe and effective, and several large-scale mass cholera vaccination efforts have demonstrated the feasibility of widespread deployment. This study uses a mathematical model of cholera transmission in Bangladesh to examine the effectiveness of potential vaccination strategies.
As the reality of climate change becomes accepted in the scientific community, it is critical to continue to understand its impact on the ground, particularly for communities dependent on agriculture and natural resources. To do so, the analysis of vulnerability – in other words, the capacity of communities to cope …
MEERUT: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notice to the Union ministries of health and environment, the UP chief secretary, the central and state pollution control boards and district magistrate and senior superintendents of police of Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Baghpat, Meerut and Ghaziabad districts over excessive pollution in rivers …
Despite China’s rapid progress in improving water, sanitation and hygiene (WSH) access, in 2011, 471 million people lacked access to improved sanitation and 401 million to household piped water. As certain infectious diseases are sensitive to changes in both climate and WSH conditions, we projected impacts of climate change on …
For many years now, cholera has been a common occurrence in the North and far North Regions of Cameroon. Recurrent floods in this part of the country are the main cause of the resurgence of this and other water-borne diseases. This year's outbreak, which started in August, is causing havoc …
Kaduna — Over 150,000 children die of diarrhoea, largely caused by unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene practices, the (UNICEF) Representative in Nigeria, Jean Gough, has said. Gough said in a statement to mark the Global Hand Washing Day yesterday that hand washing with soap is one of the cheapest, simplest …
Eight people in Murke village of Song Local Government Area of Adamawa State were confirmed dead by an epidemic suspected to be cholera while about 117 people are currently receiving treatment in public and private hospitals in the area. Residents told our correspondent that the epidemic struck the village following …
People of 45 districts are at risk of contracting kala-azar as the fly-borne disease breaks out in different parts of country in recent times, a study report said. The study also said around 3 lakh people across the world are infected with kala-azar every year and 40,000 people die annually. …
A third of the 2·5 billion people worldwide without access to improved sanitation live in India, as do two-thirds of the 1·1 billion practising open defecation and a quarter of the 1·5 million who die annually from diarrhoeal diseases. The researchers aimed to assess the effectiveness of a rural sanitation …
A federal judge in New York has agreed to hear oral arguments in a lawsuit filed against the United Nations by advocates for Haitian victims of the deadly cholera epidemic that first appeared on the island four years ago. The lawsuit, filed last year, argues that United Nations peacekeepers in …
Recently published prevalence estimates of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in five Latin American countries—Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Venezuela—could suggest a new direction for United States foreign policy in the region. (Editorial)
NO fewer than six displaced persons were feared dead Tuesday at one of the resettlement camps in Maiduguri of Borno, following the influx of over 58,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Bama, Konduga, Damboa, Dikwa and Marte over Boko Haram's recent attacks in the state. The affected camp, according to …
Infrastructure of 1,662 water drinking schemes damaged in Jammu region With the entire government machinery engaged in restoring services in the Kashmir valley, thousands of flood-affected people in the Jammu region are forced to drink polluted groundwater in the absence of mobile water purification plants. The recent floods that destroyed …
BERHAMPUR: With death of one Biswambar Nayak (20) of Jakameri village under Digapahandi block on Sunday, the death toll due to diarrhoea in the district reached to five. Sources said though Nayak was diagnosed with the disease last Thursday, he was being treated by a village quack as doctors were …
HUBLI: The death of four girls in two days has triggered panic among people in Raichur district and residents of Naganadoddi have moved out of the village following fear of dengue fever. In Koppal district, most residents of Guladalli village are suffering from fever and 10 are allegedly victims of …
The health department of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has filed 197 complaints of sanitation against various restaurants and eateries in concerned courts. The department has levied fines worth Rs 19.37 lakh for violation of health and sanitation rules at these places in the city. Through mobile courts alone the corporation has …
GAIBANDHA : The people in the flood-hit areas of the district are being attacked with water borne diseases like diarrhoea, dysentery, respiratory track infection, skin and eye infection with the recession of flood waters in the major rivers, reports BSS. According to sources water level of the Brahmaputra and Teesta …
Even though the waters of the Jhelum river have begun receding, there are still around over 100,000 people marooned in various parts of Jammu and Kashmir. The fear of water-borne diseases is now rising and doctors in medical camps are facing shortage of medicines like antibiotics and life-saving insulin, reports …
Flood Of Patients With Viral Symptoms That Can Last For Even 2 To 3 Weeks The spell of rain over the last few days may have brought some relief to Delhiites reeling under an unusually hot spell, but it has led to a spurt in viral fever and typhoid cases. …
