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A global ‘toilet revolution’ is underway – but it’s polluting water and ignoring the urban poor

Deljana Iossifova, University of Manchester; Purva Dewoolkar, University of Manchester, and Youcao Ren, University of Manchester It’s great that countries are backing the global drive for universal access to sanitation. But at the heart of these aims must be a desire to protect the environment and

Climate change ‘poses lifelong threat to children’s health’

Fatima Arkin Climate change is already damaging the health of the world’s children and threatens a lifelong impact unless countries meet the Paris Agreement targets to limit warming to well below 2˚C, according to a new study published in The Lancet. The study, which involves 35 global institutio

Lancet recommended healthy diet unaffordable for 1.58 billion: new study

A diet recommended by EAT-Lancet Commission on Food, Planet, Health meant to improve both human and planetary health would be unaffordable for at least 1.58 billion people, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, estimates a new study Earlier this year, the EAT-Lancet Commission on Food, Planet

Delhi air pollution: Environmental crisis must be seen in conjunction with politics for effective solutions

If things continue in the present manner, India will have all the top 10 slots for the most polluted cities in the world; Delhi, despite its international infamy in the global hall of pollution, is not even in the top 10 in India itself, judging by Central Pollution Control Board data The pollution

Rivers globally carry deadly pathogens: study

A global study on pathogens in rivers finds that rivers harbour dangerous levels of diarrhoeal disease-causing pathogens Diarrhoea is one of the leading killers of children under the age of five in developing countries. Diarrhoea is rampant in India, with diarrhoeal diseases being the most prev

South Sudan floods: 800,000 people at risk of disease and extreme hunger

Unusually heavy rainfall has hit 29 counties across the country, causing widespread displacement including in Akobo, Pibor and Lankien Houses have been destroyed and many areas are submerged and inaccessible. People have lost their crops and livestock and many schools and health clinics have been cl

New tropical disease detected in Brazil defies treatment

Fabíola Ortiz Researchers in Brazil have identified a new disease that causes severe damage to the liver, spleen and skin. The disease caused by the Cridia sergipensis parasite is suspected to have infected more than 150 people and caused two deaths in Sergipe state, in the northeast of the country

Farmworkers Face Daunting Health Risks In California’s Wildfires

As wildfires grow more frequent, so do concerns for wine country field workers, who can face conditions that jeopardize their health, wages and housing. Farm laborers in yellow safety vests walked through neatly arranged rows of grapes Friday, harvesting the last of the deep purple bundles that hung

Significant mistreatment of women during childbirth in four countries: WHO & Lancet

New evidence from a WHO-led study, published in the Lancet, shows that more than one-third of women in four lower-income countries — Ghana, Guinea, Myanmar and Nigeria — experienced mistreatment during childbirth in health facilities. Younger, less-educated women were found to be the mo

India and China top hot spots of antimicrobial resistance in animals

Ranjit Devraj Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has worsened in animals and humans, reducing the efficacy of vital medicines Global study highlights Asia, where meat consumption has grown by 68 per cent in 20 years All farmers need to be weaned off quick-fix antibiotics, says author Asian giants China

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