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 …
Floodwater generally triggers waterborne disease like cholera, jaundice, typhoid and several others, but officials with Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD) of the Department of Health Services (DoHS) have been expecting massive flood, which they said that can be appropriate means to control the cholera epidemic. Officials hope that people …
With cases of cholera being reported from various parts of the state, the Ernakulam health department has issued a warning to contain the spread of the disease in the district. Though no cholera case has been reported from the district this year, around 11,035 people were reported to have suffered …
AURANGABAD: Drinking water samples taken from nine talukas in the district put nine of the 858 gram panchayats (GP) under the red zone category, which means that these GPs failed to provide clean and potable water. A report on the quality of drinking water was made by the health department …
A week after yet another peace deal was signed for South Sudan, the threat of famine still stalks the world's youngest nation, where more than seven million people are at risk of hunger and disease, a top U.N. official has warned. “Now that the rains have set in, conditions in …
DIPAYAL: Coliform, a cholera virus, was detected in drinking water supplied to districts in remote far-west. The virus can spread diarrhoea, cholera, dysentery, typhoid and viral fever, among other diseases. Coliform was confirmed after water samples from Bajura, Bajhang, Achham, Darchula, Baitadi and Doti districts were tested, informed Drinking Water …
Experts say that the present outbreak of water-borne diseases is due to contamination in the drinking water being supplied to the general public. “Tests have revealed that 75 per cent of the water distributed in the valley is contaminated and unfit for drinking,” said Dr Mahendra Bahadur Bista, director of …
A cheap and easy to deliver oral vaccine against cholera is 86 per cent effective in preventing the infection which causes severe diarrhea and can be fatal, researchers said today. Some 1.4 billion people around the globe were at risk for cholera in 2012, according to World Health Organisation (WHO). …
Cholera outbreak that has killed a girl and affected more than 700 people at Gaidatar village in Chandrapur Municipality in the past one month is yet to come under control. Health and Population Minister Khagraj Adhikari reached the affected village on Tuesday and asked local people to take extra caution …
The cholera outbreak that began around three weeks ago at Gaidatar settlement in Chandrapur-2 has also spread in the nearby Morange village. About 40 children at the Morange-based Saraswoti Primary School have taken ill due to the disease. The school has been closed for an indefinite period as students started …
A teenager died after the epidemic of diarrhoea and vomiting and cholera resurfaced in Gaidatar of Chandrapur municipality-2. The deceased has been identified as Maisingh Maya Syangtan of Gaidatar, according to the District Public Health Office. The epidemic had first spread in April 30. It had been brought under control …
Cholera has broken out in the capital of South Sudan where five months of civil war has left thousands homeless and disrupted food supplies and health services, according to the World Health Organization. WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic said on Monday nine people were believed to have died of cholera, which …
Cholera outbreak at Gaidatar settlement in Chandraniga-hapur-2 of Rautahat for the past three weeks claimed its first victim on Monday— a 13-year-old girl. Syangmaya Sintan, the fifth grader at a local community school, died of the disease before she could receive medical help. She died while being rushed to the …
In late 2010, Haitian immigrants began to arrive at remote river border crossings in the western Brazilian Amazon. Attracted by the prospect of work in Brazil's burgeoning economy, thousands of Haitians paid large sums to people traffickers, known as “coyotes,” to arrange their journey to Brazil. They entered Brazil through …
Ken Puzey can't forget the cries of a young Haitian girl at a medical clinic where he was volunteering last April. Puzey, 47, is an electrical engineer and founder of QuantaSpec in Burlington, Vt., which has conducted extensive research on federally funded projects to develop detection devices for IEDs and …
During the development of a vaccine, identification of the correlates of protection is of paramount importance for establishing an objective criterion for the protective performance of the vaccine. However, the ascertainment of correlates of immunity conferred by any vaccine is a difficult task. While conducting a phase three double-blind, cluster-randomized, …
The Jal Kal department has responded to an RTI query that the water supply in city is pure and fit for drinking and that people use RO and filters only for their satisfaction, though it is not required. The response has raised many eyebrows as complaints of contaminated supply have …
The number of diarrhoea patients in Dhaka has seen a huge spike in recent days, with at least fifteen people reportedly dying from diarrhoeal diseases during the past five weeks alone. The Dhaka Tribune has learned that 10 patients died in March, while five more died during the first nine …
People in the country are at high risk of gastroenteritis, cholera, diarrhoea, dysentery, hepatitis A and E, typhoid, acute respiratory infection (ARI) as well as Blue Baby Syndrome, as safe drinking water is available to only 15% people in urban and 18% in rural areas. The quality of drinking water …
Residents Lament Supply Of Water Contaminated With Sand Particles, Algae & Sewage Lucknow: Residents from across the city expressed surprise over Jal Sansthan’s RTI reply that water it supplies across city is absolutely potable the way it is and does not need any further treatment through a filter or purifier. …
According to a study, the use of toilets by children in rural areas is less than 12 percent as against 47 percent in urban areas. Against this background, social scientists advocate the need to ensure proper disposal of stool for children, especially in rural areas, to prevent diseases like diarrhea, …
