Based on the Global Infectious Disease and Epidemiology Network (GIDEON), a global database including water-associated pathogens and diseases was developed. In this study, reported outbreak events associated with corresponding water-associated infectious diseases from 1991 to 2008 were extracted from the database. The location of each reported outbreak event was identified and geocoded into a GIS database.
Authorities have detected germs that cause diseases like diarrhoea and cholera in drinking water samples collected from rural and city areas in Banke district.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that 0.97 million people died annually due to poor water and sanitation facilities in the country and around 54,000 children under the age of five
Contaminated drinking water is one of the major health challenges facing people in the developing world. The country of India leads the world in under age five mortality due to diarrheal disease, which is attributed to water and food contamination.
The Awami League-led government is yet to fulfil its electoral pledge of supplying pure drinking water to the entire population by 2011, failing even to provide safe drinking water to all the citiz
Pakistan Council for Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) Friday revealed that arsenic, a major cause of cancer and kidney diseases was found in seven brands of bottled water.
