New Delhi: Lauding India’s effort towards safe sanitation services, World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday said that Swachh Bharat Mission can avert up to 3 lakh deaths due to diarrhoea and protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) by October 2019. As the initial results of a WHO modelling study on the health impact[Read More…]
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Diarrhoea outbreak spreads in Kolkata, over 1,100 affected
Kolkata: With reports of more symptoms of diarrhoea from adjoining areas of affected wards of Kolkata Municipal Corporation, over 1,100 people were so far affected due to the outbreak, an official said on Tuesday. As many as 10 wards of the corporation in the southern and eastern parts of the city[Read More…]
Ten people die due to extreme heat wave in Uttar Pradesh
The unbearable heat waves took 10 lives in just 24 hours. Reportedly, at least 10 people have died due to the heat wave in different parts of Uttar Pradesh, an official said on Tuesday. The number of patients with heat stroke conditions, diarrhoea, vomiting and high fever has augmented in[Read More…]