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 …
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RASHME SEHGAL The department of biotechnology is moving at a rapid pace to develop new vaccines to combat tuberculosis, malaria, cholera, rabies, leprosy, HIV AIDS and cancer. Dr M.K. Bhan, secretary, department of biotechnology, admitted that five vaccines, including those for cholera and malaria are in the advanced trial stage. …
The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh, in collaboration with the government, is going to launch a pilot project of giving oral cholera vaccine to the people of a specific area of the capital by early January next year.
As many 28 cases of cholera have been reported in Mugalihal in Saundatti taluk of Belgaum district. The samples sent for the tests on December 3 have tested positive for Cholera. Declaring the village cholera-hit, the district administration has asked the villagers to take precautions to prevent the spread of …
The infrastructure development for Commonwealth Games aiming to make the Capital a world class city at a breakneck speed has had an unusual fallout: Alarming increase in gastroenteritis and cholera cases in the national Capital. Not only dengue, there is an alarming increase in gastroenteritis and cholera cases in the …
Oct. 25: Oral cholera vaccine has been found to be safe in India and is likely to be introduced for inoculation in cholera endemic areas in the country including Hyderabad. Though oral cholera vaccine consisting of killed whole cells has been present in the market for many years, it is …
BHUBANESWAR: Cholera may have been controlled in Kalahandi but it is still fully on with its dreaded hybrid variant threatening to break loose. A surveillance study suggests that this killer bacteria is present in at least 13 districts of the State. While Rayagada witnessed the scourge of cholera in 2007, …
Formal launching of publication and website (www.watsanbd.info) on Disaster Friendly Water and Sanitation technologies, was held under joint aegis of Concern Universal-Bangladesh (CUB) and Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) in the city's Dhanmondi auditorium of Dhaka Ahsania Mission on September 12. Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) initiatives in Bangladesh have lot of …
Akshaya Kumar Sahoo GHASIAN MAJHI Over five thousand people in 13 panchayats under Lanjigarh and Bhawanipatna blocks in Orissa, who are choleraaffected, are waging a battle between life and death. 50 adults have perished of cholera in the last one month. , 20, a resident of Miangpadar in the poverty-stricken …
Mumbai The congested Kalbadevi area has witnessed a a sudden increase in cholera cases with nine persons from the locality already admitted to hospitals in the last two days. The area houses an enormous amount of contaminated water, one of the major causes of the disease. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation …
Mumbai: Hardly had citizens got over the swine flu, malaria, gastroenteritis, and jaundice when cholera has caught certain areas of Mumbai in its grip. As many as 12 patients, all residents of Carvel Street, Ramwadi, Kalbadevi, were admitted to hospital with symptoms of cholera. Eleven of them were admitted to …
Sept. 8: After the swine flu havoc, cases of cholera, jaundice, malaria and dengue are on the rise. A confirmed case of chikungunya has also been reported in the city. In all, 72 cases of cholera have been recorded in the city till September 7 compared to 64 in 2008 …
The Orissa government has resorted to announcing cash incentives for bringing cholera patients in Kalahandi to hospital as its declaration of a cholera outbreak in the district has failed to bring about the same. With 26 people dying of diarrhoea in the last month in the district, the state government …
MUMBAI: One more person succumbed to malaria on Wednesday, taking the toll of monsoon-related ailments since July 1 to 42. According to civic health officials, the victim was a 30-year-old man from Matunga (W). He was admitted to civic-run Nair Hospital and diagnosed with mixed malaria. Ninety-three more patients were …
Mumbai The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) health officials are awaiting culture test reports of the three persons who tested positive for cholera in the hanging drop test. All three are at Kasturba Hospital under treatment. Areas where they stayed have been screened by health officials. On Tuesday, GT Hospital in …
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is gearing up to tackle the cholera menace after 25-year-old Motiben Chavhan tested positive for the mild form of the disease. Motiben, a resident of Ambedkar Nagar in Cuffe Parade, is recuperating at the civic-run Kasturba Hospital in Chinchpokli. Dr Jairaj Thanekar, executive health officer …
With California in its third year of drought, concern over access to clean water is no longer limited to the developing world. Here are some facts about global water scarcity, according to the World Health Organization. * Water scarcity affects one in three people on every continent and is getting …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It is raining curses on the fishing community along this 26-km coastal stretch of the district. It is not just the devouring fury of the rains the poverty-stricken coastal community has to contend with. This time, the higher powers have unleashed ruthless armies of the most virulent strains of …
