Enteric fevers, especially typhoid, are on the rise in Hyderabad as also are diarrhoea and Hepatitis A. In the last two months, 1,301 enteric fever cases have been reported in ...
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Automatically chlorinating water cuts child diarrhoea by almost a quarter in urban Bangladesh
A novel water treatment device that delivers chlorine automatically via public taps without the need for electricity, reduced child diarrhoea by 23% compared with controls (156 cases out of 2,073 ...
Read moreTyphoid eruption gives Zimbabwe a health scare
Zimbabwean civil society organisations have accused the government of violating citizens’ rights following the outbreak of typhoid affecting hundreds of people. More than 800 cases of the water borne disease ...
Read moreZimbabwe: More than 850 typhoid cases reported in Harare
Officials in the capital city of Zimbabwe, Harare report seeing 858 new typhoid cases in the last six months, with the suburbs of Glen View and Budiriro hit the hardest according ...
Read moreSix out of 48 wards constitute 55% of Ahmedabad’s typhoid cases
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has recorded 55% of total typhoid cases in six wards of the city till July 20. All the 48 wards put together recorded 430 cases, ...
Read moreWater-borne diseases see uptick in Delhi after rains
With Delhi monsoon finally setting in, doctors across the city have started noting an increase in gastro-intestinal infections such as diarrhoea, jaundice, and typhoid, and sporadic cases of dengue and ...
Read moreTwo million in Zimbabwe’s capital have no water as city turns off taps
More than two million residents around Zimbabwe’s capital have no access to running water, as drought and breakdowns push the city system to collapse. Just 50% of 4.5 million people ...
Read morePoor waste management making bacteria harder to kill
Birds perched on trees eye piles of uncollected mounds of garbage, the playgrounds of rats scampering in and out of the dirt. To the naked eye, this is the routine ...
Read moreGlen View Hit By Typhoid Outbreak
Glen View high-density suburb in Harare has been hit by a typhoid outbreak, the Harare City Council said on Thursday. Rights groups have warned that the situation may get worse ...
Read moreRainproof your health
After weeks of sweltering heat, the city finally received it’s first monsoon showers this week, signaling the onset of the season in the city. K. S. Hosalikar, Director General of ...
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