Full Coverage: Disease

31.05.2006 A new report by UNAIDS says though progress has been made in tackling AIDS, the epidemic continues to outpace response. New data in the UNAIDS 2006 Report on the global AIDS epidemic says that the epidemic appears to be slowing down globally, but new infections are continuing to increase in certain regions and countries. Read press release by UNAIDS.

24.05.2006 India has 4% of the world’s total water and 15% of the world’s population. Drinking water ‘coverage’ in India was 18 percent in 1974, has now become 95 percent. About 80%-90% of domestic water in rural India is from ground water sources. With the installation of three million India Mark-II hand pumps for domestic water and 20 million power driven pumps for irrigation, the water table has fallen from an average of 10 metres to 80 metres (UNICEF-1998). This exacerbated the availability of water in aquifers and resulted in higher concentration of chemicals, including fluoride, arsenic, and iron.

23.05.2006

05.05.2006

BATTLING THE DISEASE: Malaria patients at the Civil Hospital in North Lakhimpur

Death toll in the State could be 500, say health officials
In the absence of blood slide test, official figure is low
Civil hospital is chock-a-block