Full Coverage: Disease

30.01.2008

25.01.2008 Lack of good sanitation and toilets are causing extensive environmental damage and making 5,000 infants die every day. It’s time to break the world’s silence on this global crisis and smell the stink round the corner, says Barbara Frost, Chief Executive, WaterAid.

24.01.2008 Almost half of West Bengal in eastern India is in the grip of bird flu. Anxiety is growing in Kolkata, which is perilously close to one of the affected districts. Resistance of farmers to culling due to inadequate compensation is further complicating the situation.

23.01.2008 UNITED NATIONS, Jan 22 (OneWorld) - Tens of thousands of children die each day, many because they have no access to simple medical treatments, say the authors of a new study released here Tuesday.

21.01.2008 It has been more than a decade now when the scale of arsenic poisoning disaster in Bangladesh first came to light. Millions are still drinking the water contaminated by deadly chemical. Prof Mahmuder Rahman, who helped draft the National Arsenic Mitigation Policy, says in an interview that the country needs a long-term solution.

16.01.2008 Veterinary workers are killing thousands of chickens in two infected districts in West Bengal. As fears of bird flu mount in the eastern Indian state, officials are working hard to cull 400,000 birds in order to contain the spread of the avian virus.

09.01.2008 New figures from World Health Organisation claim there has been a 50% fall in deaths from tuberculosis in Afghanistan. While over 50,000 new cases occur each year, TB diagnosis and treatment, now part of the Basic Package Health Services, reach more people in the country.

03.01.2008

03.01.2008 UNICEF has recently released 2007 Tsunami Report, highlighting progress made for children in last three years. In 2004, tsunami waves had claimed more than 200,000 lives and devastated towns and communities.