Five million people are at risk of cholera in drought-hit Ethiopia, where acute watery diarrhea has broken out in crowded, unsanitary conditions, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
Cholera, an acute intestinal infection, causes watery diarrhea that can quickly lead to severe dehydration and death if treatment is not promptly given, according to the United Nations agency.
The federal government has spent years considering whether to take steps to help keep dangerous strains of E. coli bacteria out of the food supply, a question that has become even more urgent in the face of a deadly wave of E.
The floods showed no signs of abating in Ghatal, Sabang, Daspur, Pingla and Dantan blocks of West Midnapore with the Subarnarekha, Kapaleswari, Keleghai and Silabati rivers in spate.
Though the water level of Silabati river is receding very slowly, there is bad news for Ghatal as the Rupnarayan is in spate.
The objective was to determine whether the installation of deep tube wells to reduce exposure to groundwater arsenic in rural Bangladesh had an effect on the incidence of childhood diarrhoeal disease.
With the monsoon having arrived, the threat of water-borne diseases is looming large over the city with the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board failing to supply potable drinking water to all citizens.
Water samples collected from various localities in the city by the Institute of Preventive Medicine (IPM), the Institute of Health Systems (IHS), the Water Board and the Greate
