Uganda: Health Fears Follow Deadly Mudslides Mar 11, 2010
OCHA warned that some 15,000 households risked waterborne diseases because of submerged pit latrines. "Additionally, Doho Health Centre II in Mazimasa sub-county and Namulo Health Centre II in Himutu sub-county are surrounded by water and have been rendered inaccessible," the report said. (allAfrica.com)
Kenna, Emile Hirsch on Clean Water Cause Mar 11, 2010
Kenna took on the topic because his father at a young age had waterborne diseases. Kenna said he also learned recently he lost an uncle to waterborne illness. (CBS News -- Early Show)
Burmese refugees in Bangladesh suffer a shortage of food, care Mar 9, 2010
The bad conditions also raise the risk of waterborne diseases: Walking through the Kutupalong camp, PHR investigators saw stagnant raw sewage next to refugees makeshift dwellings. Copyright 2010 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
Nigeria: Government Takes Action Against Water Sanitation Crisis Mar 5, 2010
Furthermore, nearly 100 million people do not have access to latrines or toilets, which results in waterborne diseases like typhoid, guinea worm, cholera, malaria, and diarrhea. This also accounts for the high infant mortality rates associated with diarrheal infections. (allAfrica.com)
Uganda landslides kill dozens Mar 4, 2010
The URCS was providing water purification tablets to survivors to avoid outbreaks of waterborne diseases. Distribution of "nonfood items like tarpaulins, blankets, jerry cans, soap, saucepans, cups and plates is to commence late today to the now-homeless survivors," she said. (CNN -- World)
Novel Antitoxin Strategy Developed Using 'Tagged Binding Agents' Feb 26, 2010
In 2003, the division was awarded a 25-million, seven-year contract from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop products to rapidly identify, prevent, treat, and diagnose food and waterborne diseases that threaten public health. Tufts established one of seven national research units within the new national Food and Waterborne Disease Integrated Research Network. (Science Daily)
Zambia: Floods Cause Frustration for the Affected People [editorial] Feb 24, 2010
However, it is important for them to consider the benefits of living in a dry place, and protect their members from waterborne diseases, than to stick to their familiar premises which are exposing them to more danger. Be the first to. (allAfrica.com)
Southern Africa: Preparing for Flood Season [interview] Feb 21, 2010
We are also on the lookout for secondary disasters like the outbreak of waterborne diseases which usually come with flooding, for example cholera. So we ready ourselves for all this, not just flooding. (allAfrica.com)
In devastated Haiti, a wary look to the sky Feb 20, 2010
Oxfam officials in Haiti also fear diarrhea and other waterborne diseases could spread because of the poor drainage, crowding, and lack of latrines. They urged the government to quickly decide when and where to relocate the homeless, and called on the United States to provide stronger leadership for the hundreds of nonprofit agencies with operations in Haiti. (Boston Globe)
Amy Goodman: Haitians have a long history of victimization Feb 13, 2010
The tragedy of the Haitian earthquake continues to unfold, with slow delivery of aid, the horrific number of amputations performed out of desperate medical necessity, more than a million homeless, perhaps 200,000 dead, hunger, dehydration, the emergence of infections and waterborne diseases, and the approach of the rainy season, which will be followed by the hurricane season. Haiti has suffered a massive blow, an earthquake for which its infrastructure was not prepared, after decades no,... (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Haiti Raises Death Toll to 230,000 Feb 10, 2010
(CBS)Nearly a month after the quake, respiratory infections, malnutrition, diarrhea from waterborne diseases and a lack of appropriate food for young children may be the biggest killers, health workers say. A shortage of medical equipment and spotty electrical power - service has been restored to about 20 percent of Port-au-Prince - have worsened the medical emergency. (CBS News -- Evening News)
Kenya: Tackling the Crisis of Urban Poverty Jan 22, 2010
" In an effort to address these problems, UN-HABITAT, the government and Nairobi City Council are working together on a Kenya Slum Upgrading Project (KENSUP), which focuses on improving infrastructure, initially in Kibera, one of Nairobi's largest slums. "Working together with the people of Kibera, we have identified the areas where the needs are greater, this is why we started working on water and sanitation," said Joshua Kaiganaine, KENSUP's programme manager, noting that $500,000 had so far... (allAfrica.com)
Kenya: Plastic Bags - Convenience Costing the Earth [analysis] Jan 22, 2010
Pieces of these plastic bags mix with soil and prevent rainwater from soaking into the ground, contributing to the formation of standing pools of water, the breeding ground for all manner of waterborne diseases. Orina warns that the practice of burning plastic to dispose of it is not not a viable solution. (allAfrica.com)
Iraq: Key facts and figures Jan 19, 2010
Diarrhoea, a symptom of other waterborne diseases, was also reported to be on the increase. The UN says only 32% of the population have access to clean drinking water, and only 19% have access to a good sewerage system. (BBC News -- Africa)
Haiti's Agony: What It Will Take to Rebuild Jan 14, 2010
That could lead to rapidly spreading waterborne diseases like cholera and dysentery that can sweep through refugee camps. With adequate aid, however, the worst might be averted. (Time.com)
Advocate: Don't privatize water Jan 10, 2010
(CNN) -- Every eight seconds, somewhere in the world a child dies from waterborne diseases because the parents cannot afford clean water, according to Maude Barlow, founder of the Blue Planet Project. "When you add the for-profit motive into water supplies, some people are going to die," Barlow told CNN's Christiane Amanpour Thursday. (CNN -- International)
