Rome: Governments are failing to fund projects to improve access to toilets and other sanitation services in poor countries because the subject remains "taboo", a director at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said on Monday. "Who wants to talk about shit?" asked Frank Rijsberman, Director of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene at the $ 34 billion charitable foundation, during an interview with Reuters on Monday. "It's the last big taboo...
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New Delhi: Delhi is officially the dengue capital of India with more than 2,500 cases registered already. It’s the worst outbreak in a decade, but some basic steps can make life easier for you. The outbreak isn't dying down any time soon. Many hospitals have converted rooms into dengue wards and yet there's a shortage of beds in the city. The last thing you want to have deal with when...01:21 PM, Sep 23, 2010
Bhubaneswar: The death toll due to cholera in Orissa has risen to 140 following a fresh casualty in worst-hit Rayagada district. Just last month Orissa's Kalahandi and Rayagada districts were in the limelight when Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and the ruling Biju Janta Dal held parallel rallies there to woo tribal voters. But now when a deadly outbreak of cholera claims nearly 140 lives in the region, the political luminaries...09:21 AM, Sep 13, 2010
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Instead of being a cocoon of safety, incubators are fast turning into graves. ...06:08 PM, May 03, 2009
The incident took place in a private hospital in Allahabad. ...12:16 PM, May 03, 2009
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