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 …
Number of patients suffering from viral diarrhea has been on the rise here of late. Over 20 to 25 patients suffering from diarrhea are coming to Tulsipur Hospital for treatment every day since the past few days, according to Dr. Kishor Khatri at the Hospital. Most of those suffering from …
High levels of iron, nitrates and chlorides and turbidity in groundwater in 80 villages of trans-Ganga and Yamuna areas is playing havoc with the health of thousands of unsuspecting villagers. Alarmed over the rise in ailments related to heart, kidney and blood, the district administration has deployed 10-12 tankers to …
With diarrhoea cases among kids below the age of one increasing in Rukum, the district hospital has sought help from the centre. In the past two weeks, diarrhoea has claimed four lives. “Despite our all-out effort, it is spreading,” said Dr Bhojraj Gautam of the district hospital, adding that they …
A large number of children below two years of age have been afflicted by diarrhoea in Jumla. According to Academy of Karnali Health Sciences and Teaching Hospital in Khalanga, most of the children admitted to the hospital are between five months to two years old. Dr Suresh Rasaili, medical officer …
At least four children have died due to diarrhoea and pneumonia since Friday in Rukum. The deceased have been identified as Hem Raj Khadka, and Bikram KC of Khalanga, Binod Roka of Jan, and Ashish Khadka of Khara of the district. All the victims were suffering from diarrhoea and pneumonia. …
Four infants died of diarrhoea in Rukum in the last three days. They died while undergoing treatment at the District Hospital, Rukum. Eleven-months-old Hemraj Khadka, of Khalanga VDC-2, four-months-old, Ashish Khadka, of Khara VDC-4, eleven-months-old, Bikram KC, of Khalanga VDC-6, and one-year-old Binod Rokka were among the dead. Binod died …
DIRTY DROPS: 285 Deaths In State From 2010 To 2013 | Studies Find City Scene Alarming In the first two weeks of May 2011, more than 30 persons took ill due to water contamination in Bangalore’s Dasarahalli zone. A year earlier, Mudda Gangamma, 62, of Doddaballapur died after consuming filthy …
Despite being in power for last six years, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in Sindh couldn't improve the health infrastructure in terms of clean water supply to the province. On one hand contaminated water was supplied by state-run agencies in cities and towns of the province, a lack of proper …
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, …
Health Dept Statistics Caution Against Diarrhoea Though the state boasts of high health standards, statistics revealed by the health department indicates severe threat from several communicable diseases. The data from 2006 to 2013 show that the state has been witnessing a rapid increase in the prevalence of communicable diseases, with …
As many as 1,240 samples of drinking water in five districts-- Karnal, Kurukshetra, Panipat, Kaithal and Yamunanagar-- have failed purity tests in the last one year. They were not found safe as per the parameters. As per the report of the Intermediate Reference Laboratory (IRL), out of the 2,772 samples …
This paper estimates two sources of benefits related to sanitation infrastructure access on early childhood health: a direct benefit a household receives when moving from open to fixed-point defecation or from unimproved sanitation to improved sanitation, and an external benefit (externality) produced by the neighborhood’s access to sanitation infrastructure. The …
An estimated 4.21 crore population in the country may be at risk due to chemical contamination in drinking water, Government today said. Minister of State for Drinking Water and Sanitation Bharatsinh Solanki said that of the 16,90,870 rural habitations in India, 78,757 have at least one drinking water source affected …
Efficacy and safety of a two-dose regimen of bivalent killed whole-cell oral cholera vaccine (Shantha Biotechnics, Hyderabad, India) to 3 years is established, but long-term efficacy is not. We aimed to assess protective efficacy up to 5 years in a slum area of Kolkata, India.
Contaminated drinking water poses serious health threats to citizens of the Punjab capital. Water being supplied in the city through rusting pipelines is a major threat to the common man’s life. Though the government has allocated ample funds to replace them, yet the agency concerned has failed to complete the …
It, along with Nigeria, continues to have low coverage levels for prevention and treatment interventions India continues to have the highest pneumonia and diarrhoeal disease burden in the world, losing 4,00,000 children to these preventable diseases before they turn five, the latest report has revealed. Many more suffer from severe …
Bacteriological tests on samples of drinking water, taken from diarrhea-affected locality of Ellenabad town, have revealed that the water being supplied by the Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department was unfit for human consumption. Dr Pramod Sharma, in charge in the Community Health Centre, Ellenabad, said out of the eight samples …
With large parts of the calamity-hit Ganjam struggling for access to safe drinking water, a mobile drinking water initiative has brought succour to the Phailin-hit populace. i-PURE, a mobile water treatment and electrification unit, has been drawing scores of villagers in the district ever since it was launched on November …
In 2013, the Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Pneumonia and Diarrhea (GAPPD) was developed and issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, outlining key interventions that should be universally adopted, with the goal of ending preventable pneumonia and diarrhea mortality in children by 2025. …
Outbreak of epidemic is looming large following floods in Balasore and Mayurbhanj districts. While two persons have died of diarrhoea in Morada, several others have been hospitalised. The deceased, Muchiram Soren (53) and Raunde Murmu (70), belonged to flood-hit Kusumakuti village in Mayurbhanj district. Soren succumbed to the disease while …
