Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re: News item appearing in The Hindu dated 21.12.2023 titled “6 dead, 1000 infected in suspected cholera outbreak in Rourkela dated 22/12/2023. The original application is registered in suo-moto exercise of power on the basis of the news item …
Toilets in the Chinese countryside have earned a nasty reputation, with some little more than ramshackle shelters surrounded by bunches of cornstalk and others just open pits next to pigsties. However, a toilet revolution is under way as the Chinese government scrambles to meet a UN health target requiring 75 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Blantyre — Water tested from one shallow well at Manase Township in Blantyre has tested positive of fecal contamination, unfortunately, it is the well from which most people draw water for domestic purposes. District Education Health Officer-DEHO for Blantyre District Health Office, Jameson Chausa on Monday reported the matter to …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The government should formulate a policy for bettering water and sanitation services in slums and coordinating relevant non-government organisations' activities, speakers told a workshop yesterday. Stakeholders' collaboration will expedite the urban climate resilience process and reduce overlapping of activities, they said, adding that the five million slum dwellers in Dhaka …
The Ministry of Health has released measures to curb the cholera outbreak which has affected 10 counties. "The outbreak has successfully been controlled in Migori, Homa Bay and Bomet counties," said Health CS James Macharia. Macharia said the ministry has issued a cholera outbreak alert and distributed educational material to …
THE government is struggling to contain the spiralling cholera outbreak, which has so far killed about 50 in four months. The Health ministry says 10 counties have been hit by the killer disease, with about 2,520 cases being reported. "As of May 11, 2,520 cases and 50 deaths had been …
Four people were killed and and 35 others admitted in critical condition following a cholera outbreak in Kibera, Nairobi. The four died upon arrival for treatment on Tuesday night, said Mbagathi District Hospital CEO Andrew Suleh. Suleh said more patients were being received and would be treated in tents set …
