Waterborne diseases

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of Godavari river, Telangana, 29/05/2025

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 …

'Form nat'l body for emergency diarrhoea preparedness'

Speakers at a seminar yesterday stressed the need for forming a national planning and policy committee for emergency diarrhoea preparedness with the support of the government and the NGOs. With the outbreak of diarrhoea worsening in the last few weeks, the speakers called for establishing satellite treatment centers with ICDDR,B-trained …

Three die of diarrhoea

At least three persons died in Dhaka and Lakshmipur and 2263 contracted diarrhoeal diseases on Monday, according to the health services directorate general control room and the ICDDR,B. The number of people dying of diarrhoeal diseases and such patients is still on the rise after waterborne diseases rapidly spread across …

Floods recede, tab on outbreak of diseases

Floods in Ratnapura and Kalutara districts have eased but authorities warned of mosquito and water-borne diseases. "Polluted drinking water is the main problem in flood affected areas, while several measures have been taken by Divisional Secretariats in these areas to control the spread of disease," sources said. A team of …

Kid dies after vaccine shot

A three-month-old boy, which was administered vaccine on Wednesday died on Saturday The child's parents alleged that death was due to vaccination while the Health Department declared it to be death due to diarrhoea. According to sources, the couple Suresh (24) and Sigamani (20) residing in Kammanallur area of Lalapet …

Gastroenteritis: Three more dead

Three more people were reported dead due to antric in the border area of Hailakandi district. With this the total death toll have risen to 20. Secretary, Hailakandi District Tribal Sangha has said to reporters that one Rejaring Tripura (29) of Kondanala village has died due to antric yesterday. Sources …

80 cases of diarrhoea reported in 1 week

The incidence of waterborne diseases is on the rise in the state. In all, 917 cases of acute diarrhoea were reported from the city in the last four months, of which 80 were detected in the last one week. In this context, the task force of the health department held …

Gastroenteritis: Tribal Sangha blames it on administration

President of Hailakandi District Tribal Sangha, Rajendra Reang has alleged that although Gastroenteritis, locally called antric disease has become an epidemic in the Mizoram border area of Hailakandi district, the district administration has taken no effective steps to contain the situation. Reang alleged that already more than 17 persons including …

Gastroenteritis takes an epidemic form in Hailakandi

President of Hailakandi District Tribal Sangha, Rajendra Reang, has alleged that although gastroenteritis has taken an epidemic form along the Mizoram border area of Hailakandi district, the district administration has taken no effective steps to contain the situation. Reang alleged that already more than 17 persons, including women and children, …

Barpeta seeks respite from drinking water woes

Though successive governments at the Centre and the State have adopted several ambitious schemes to supply safe drinking water to the people like

Typhoid breaks out in Dir villages

Residents of different villages in Adenzai, Talash and Timergara localities of Lower Dir district have complained about the outbreak of waterborne diseases, especially typhoid, during the past 20 days. They alleged that health department was doing nothing to cope with the situation. Talking to Dawn on Monday they said that …

Fishermens children dying of waterborne diseases

At least three children died of waterborne diseases in three days and on an average one person was losing life every fortnight in the villages on the embankment of Manchhar Lake because its water had become too toxic for human consumption, found a survey on Sunday. The survey conducted by …

Its time to take care

Even as the Capital sweltered under severe heat conditions, city doctors cautioned about the downside of quick weather changes. Sudden change in temperature and humidity, doctors say, can be dangerous as the weather is conducive for mosquito breeding and other vector-borne diseases (diseases that spread through breeding of mosquitoes or …

Play active role to control diarrhoea, Jorhat admin tells tea managements

The Jorhat district administration has asked the tea garden managements to play a more proactive role to control diarrhoea and other water-borne diseases which are threatening to assume an epidemic form in several tea gardens and adjacent areas in the district. In a marathon meeting held at the conference hall …

Impure water supply in Kurnool

Dirty and unsafe water is being supplied to citizens of Kurnool city. But the municipal authorities are content with an explanation for the reason without taking any measures for the purification of stagnant tank water. Despite opposition corporators raising the issue and expressing concern at the authorities over supply of …

35% municipal water wasted daily: Experts

About 35 per cent of municipal water is wasted daily in the city because of leakage and misuse, scientists said today. Out of seven million children aged less than five years who die in the world due to water-borne diseases, 1.5 million are from India alone. Alarming figures such as …

100 consume polluted water, hospitalised

About 100 people of Durganagar and Sathya Sai Nagar areas in Dharmavaram town were hospitalised after suffering from vomiting and diarrhoea due to consumption of contaminated water on Thursday. According to people, municipal officials supplied drinking water to the two areas at 4 pm on Wednesday. People who drank the …

Efficacy and safety of an oral live attenuated human rotavirus vaccine against rotavirus gastroenteritis

Peak incidence of rotavirus gastroenteritis is seen in infants between 6 and 24 months of age. The researchers therefore aimed to assess the 2-year efficacy and safety of an oral live attenuated human rotavirus vaccine for prevention of severe gastroenteritis in infants.

WHO AFRO: failing the region

WHO's 60th anniversary celebrations have left Africa in the cold. Across the continent countries face high mortality rates and deep misery, and the regional office of the UN's specialised health organisation

A costly thirst

Slum-dwellers in Dar es Salaam pay the equivalent of

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