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Spurt in cases of malaria, dengue: Doctors

CHARMINAR: Even as anti-fogging and anti-larval operations are being carried out, there has been an alarming rise in malaria and dengue cases in the Old City.

Publication Date: 
19/03/2018
Times Of India (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Telangana, Malaria, Dengue, Vector Borne Diseases, Health Effects, Waste Disposal, Sanitation, Health
Health

Delhi HC worried over ‘early’ dengue cases

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Wednesday expressed concern over sporadic reports of dengue and chikungunya at the beginning of this year, wondering what will happen when the monsoon draws near.

Publication Date: 
15/03/2018
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Dengue, Vector Borne Diseases, Waste Management, Sanitation, Health Effects, Sunita Narain, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Health, High Court
Water Resources

Make every drop count: an agenda for water action

A High Level Panel on Water consisting of 11 Heads of State and a Special Advisor has issued a New Agenda for Water Action calling for a fundamental shift in the way the world manages water so that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and in particular SDG6, can be achieved.

Publication Date: 
14/03/2018
High Level Panel on Water
Tags:
Water Management, Water Resources, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Water Supply, Sanitation, Governance
Water Supply

Nigeria Needs to Invest $8 Billion Yearly in Potable Water - Unicef

About $8 billion needs to be invested annually in providing potable water in Nigeria, if the country must achieve Goal 6 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.

Publication Date: 
14/03/2018
All Africa
Tags:
Water Supply, Nigeria, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Sanitation, UNICEF, Drinking Water, Africa
Sanitation

Rwanda: Clean Water, Sanitation Get Rwf17 Billion Boost

More than 1.3 million Rwandans will have full access to clean water and better sanitation services following the signing of a new financing deal yesterday.

Publication Date: 
13/03/2018
All Africa
Tags:
Sanitation, Water Supply, Drinking Water, Rwanda, Africa, WHO
Sanitation

Nigeria: Over 46 Million Nigerians Defecate Openly - Govt

Federal Ministry of Water Resources has disclosed that Nigeria has the highest number of persons, who practice open defecation with an estimate of over 46 million.

Publication Date: 
08/03/2018
All Africa
Tags:
Sanitation, Open Defecation, Toilets, Nigeria, Africa
People

Progress for every child in the SDG Era

Early assessment of progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals confirms an alarming lack of data in 64 countries, as well as insufficient progress toward the SDGs for another 37 countries where the data can be tracked.

Publication Date: 
07/03/2018
UNICEF
Tags:
Children, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Infant mortality, Immunisation, Child Health, India, Global, Drinking Water, Sanitation
Solid Waste

11 jailed for breaching sanitation laws

Eleven people have been jailed one-month each for breaching sanitation laws in the Kumasi Metropolis.

Publication Date: 
06/03/2018
Ghana Web (Ghana)
Tags:
Sanitation, Waste Disposal, Ghana, Garbage, Waste Management, Africa
Sanitation

Open defecation in rural India, 2015–16 levels and trends in NFHS–4

The Government of India’s NFHS–4 offers the best new data on open defecation in rural India to be eleased in over a decade. Although open defecation has become less common than it was 10 years ago, it is still highly prevalent, with more than half of rural households reporting open defecation. On average, change has been slow, even during the period of the Swachh Bharat Mission.

Publication Date: 
03/03/2018
Diane Coffey, Dean Spears
Economic and Political Weekly
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Tags:
Open Defecation, Rural Sanitation, India, Health Effects, Statistics, Waterborne diseases, Toilets
Sanitation

Financing universal access to sanitation and hygiene by 2030 in South Asia

The paper draws significant inputs and builds on the thematic Sector Financing WASH paper prepared by the Secretariat for SACOSAN VII, Ministry of Climate Change, Government of Pakistan.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2018
Water Aid
Tags:
Sanitation, Finance, South Asia, India, Rural Sanitation, Health Effects

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