Half of the world’s population still does not have adequate access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) which could have prevented at least 1.4 million deaths and 74 million disability-adjusted life years in 2019, according to this latest report by the World Health Organization (WHO). The report summarizes …
With monsoons advancing steadily into the city, cases of fever, malaria and gastroenteritis have observed a noticeable rise. From 1,278 cases of fever recorded by the civic health department in the first week of July, the cases jumped to 1,468 in the third week of July. For the same period, …
Residents of Kareli, Kamta, Navagaon, Khanduva and Musuvadeeh villages in Simga Janpad Panchayat are under the grip of diarrhoea for the last two days. A youth of Kareli village died of diarrhoea, whereas, dozens are suffering from the disease in the nearby villages also. On seeing symptoms of the disease …
Cheer any Indian leader who takes on the taboo of public hygiene, one of the country’s great problems. Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, says building toilets is a priority over temples. His finance minister, Arun Jaitley, used this month’s budget to set a goal of ending defecating in the open …
GAIGHAT, Udaypur, July 17: Around 37 per cent population in Udaypur district has been suffering from different diseases every year due to consumption of water of open well. An annual statistics presented recently by the District Health Office, Udaypur, states that 37 per cent population out of the total population …
Armed With Health Dept Report, Ganganagar Locals Start Campaign Against Illegal Factories Kolkata: A TOI report on the health hazards faced by the people of Ganganagar Katakhal area owing to mushrooming chemical units had prompted the state health department to conduct a survey. The study, which found an alarming rise …
Parents of a five-year-old boy in Gandhi Camp area of Jalandhar city have alleged that their son died after falling ill due to drinking contaminated water supplied from the pipes of municipal corporation. Many others have also taken ill after drinking contaminated water. Illegal connections are cited as the reason …
Punjab Government has strengthened its drive to provide sanitation facilities to village households through sanctioned Rs20 crore to construct toilets free of cost in rural areas for the families living below the poverty line. “The department’s proposal has been approved by the Punjab Government with an aim to provide sanitation …
UN urges final push on global targets that have shown little improvement, notably those related to women and children. Achieving global targets to reduce maternal and child deaths and increase access to improved sanitation facilities by 2015 is "slipping away", despite significant progress in the past 14 years, the UN …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced the decision of the government to introduce four new vaccines as part of India’s Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP). Vaccines against rotavirus, rubella and polio (injectable) will now be provided to all Indian children free of cost. The idea is to expedite India’s progress on …
Epidemics of diarrhea and cholera that gripped Chandrapur-2, Gaidatar of the district some two months ago is still out of control. Locals are terrorized after the diseases started spreading to three others adjoining villages. People taken ill by the diseases are being treated at the proposed sub health post. Infected …
However, comprehensive care and support, treatment and preventative services are improving across PNG, resulting in people living with HIV leading longer and healthier lives. Owing to weakened immune systems, people living with HIV are at risk of many life threatening opportunistic infections, many of which are caused by exposure to …
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 …
In The Lancet, findings from Nita Bhandari and colleagues' phase 3 clinical trial1 show the safety and efficacy of the 116E rotavirus vaccine against severe rotavirus gastroenteritis in Indian infants. The vaccine has an efficacy similar to that of two licensed oral rotavirus vaccines—RotaTeq (Merck) and Rotarix (GlaxoSmithKline)—when tested in …
The hospital authority is struggling to accommodate the staggering number of patients Diarrhoea has broken out alarmingly at nine union parishads in Munshiganj because of scorching heat. According to sources at Munshiganj Sadar Hospital, about 1,000 patients afflicted with diarrhoea, mostly children and elderly people, got admitted to the hospital …
(Don't) take a deep breath, brace yourself. The air we breathe is becoming more and more polluted and that too quite fast given the rising number of construction projects and vehicles on roads. The latest Environment Status Report of Greater Mumbai 2012-13 observes that with widespread construction activities and increasing …
Thirty-five out of 62 water samples collected in last three days have been found unfit for drinking. This also includes six out 20 water samples collected from different city localities by District Epidemic Control Unit (DECU) Allahabad on Wednesday. A team of DECU officials had collected water samples from 20 …
Sierra Leone shut its borders to trade with Guinea and Liberia on Wednesday and closed schools, cinemas and nightclubs in a frontier region in a bid to halt the spread of the Ebola virus. Sixteen people have died of Ebola in Sierra Leone, a figure that has doubled in the …
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 …
The Food and Drug Administration announced Monday that it had set new safety standards for infant formula. The rules require manufacturers to screen products for salmonella, which can cause fever and diarrhea, and cronobacter, a potentially lethal germ that thrives in very dry places, like powdered milk and baby formula. …
