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 …
Against government guidelines, biomedical waste continues to be dumped in open places in the city. Hazardous biomedical waste can be found like household garbage on roadsides, posing danger to human beings and the environment. On Ring Road, biomedical waste is joining the heaps of household garbage, solid waste and poultry …
Yenagoa — Death toll in the cholera outbreak in Bayelsa State increased to 23 on Tuesday as the epidemic claimed two more lives in Otuan, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state. Eight persons were killed by the epidemic at the weekend in Osiama and Ekede in Sagbama Local …
As flood waters submerge much of southern Malawi, villagers fleeing to makeshift displacement camps by boat, foot and helicopter are confronted by fresh adversities: thirst, hunger and the threat of disease. The government says at least 176 people have been killed and about 200,000 have been driven from their homes …
The quality of drinking water supplied in many parts of the district has become a cause of concern with the possibilities of a rise in water-borne diseases from the affected areas. Latest health department reports indicated that even the water samples from Aurangabad taluka were contaminated. The latest drinking water …
PORT HARCOURT--RIVERS State Government has confirmed the outbreak of cholera in Andoni Local Government Area of the state, saying that about 20 persons have so far died from the disease. State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Sampson Parker, in a statement, said about 171 cases had been reported in some communities …
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.
In India, perhaps Ground Zero in the sanitation and faecal contamination battle, the government has set Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birthday in 2019 as its target for achieving “total sanitation,” including access to toilets for all 1.2 billion residents. In a world in which 14 percent of the population in the …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
At least 1,000 out of a 4,140 blood samples have tested dengue positive in Orissa, rining alarm bells in the government. At present 115 dengue patients are undergoing treatment at SCB Medical College, Cuttack. Concerned over the alarming situation, state health and family welfare minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak held a …
The emergence of cholera in Haiti highlighted the difficulties in containing cholera outbreaks with only safe water, sanitation, hygiene, and appropriate case management. In less developed settings where cholera occurs, these basic needs are often not met or are rapidly overwhelmed during man-made or natural disasters. Prior to the Haitian …
As the death toll rises in West Africa amid the worst Ebola outbreak on record, a separate threat is compounding the problem: the rainy season and the malaria that comes with it. In Sierra Leone, with the most Ebola cases in the epidemic, a fearful population is failing to seek …
FEAR of epidemic is sweeping through Gumbur in Wase local council of Plateau State, three persons have died while 34 others are currently hospitalized following a cholera outbreak in the area on Sunday, the Council Chairman, Mr. Zakari Abdul, told newsmen Wednesday. Abdul, who lamented the loss of valuable lives, …
THE over 3, 000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at the Government Girls Secondary School resettlement camp at Biu, Borno State, risk losing their lives to cholera, which has already killed five persons and over a 100 hospitalized following an outbreak at the camp on Tuesday. Though the course of the …
6.1 per cent households source their drinking water from untreated sources: report. It’s no secret that the Capital annually suffers from an alarming rise in the cases of cholera, acute diarrhoeal diseases and typhoid after the onset of monsoon. “Contaminated and unsafe water,” according to doctors “is one of the …
kwankwaso-okNO fewer than six persons have died of cholera in Kafin Dalawa Village in Tudunwada Wada local council of Kano State. Besides, the state Ministry of Health has confirmed the outbreak of cholera in nine local councils and had since deployed medical personal to observe the situation and check possible …
Vibrio cholerae classical (CL) biotype was isolated, along with biotype El Tor (ET) and altered ET carrying the cholera toxin (CTX) gene of CL biotype, during the 1991 cholera epidemic in Mexico, subsequently becoming endemic until 1997. Microbiological, molecular, and phylogenetic analyses of V. cholerae isolated from both clinical and …
The World Health Organization (WHO) said it has intensified its response to the cholera outbreak in South Sudan after 63 people have lost their lives and 2,340 people treated for the disease. WHO said steps have been taken to conduct comprehensive investigation following up all contact of the cases. "As …
