The quality of water suppliedin July wasbetter than the previous month but more than one out of seven samples have been found to be contaminated. In June, the number of contaminated samples was one in every five.
Fresh diarrhoea cases were reported from Kashipur block of Rayagada district on Tuesday.
Official sources said at least 15 people, including four children, of remote Bahardulki and Kichikhal villages are suffering from the disease but are unable to reach Kashipur hospital due to lack of road communication.
Global climate change is increasing Bangladesh’s vulnerability to floods and raising the potential for infectious disease outbreaks, says the latest Health and Science bulletin of the icddr,b, repo
Diarrhoea has claimed one more life in Jharsuguda. Nilamani Mishra of Intabhata area under Brajrajnagar Municipality died of the disease in a local hospital on Tuesday morning.
As many as 72,576 diarrhoea patient cases have been reported across the province in month of July, said additional secretary health Sindh on Wednesday.
Jolted by mismanagement at the Chhapra school where 23 children died after eating midday meal, the Union HRD Ministry has asked all schools to switch to new design and hygienic kitchen-cum-stores a
Vitamin A supplement has been found to reduce the incidence of diarrhoea and measles in children between six and 59 months, besides decreasing all-cause mortality by 28 per cent in the same age gro
Health Dept blames unhygienic conditions at illegal ‘vehras’ for the high number of cases
Diarrhoea has started spreading its tentacles in areas like Muslim Colony and Sherpur from where more than 70 cases of mild diarrhoea and two deaths due to gastroenteritis have been reported in the last five days.
