Waterborne Diseases

Dengue, malaria deaths rise in Delhi despite growing health expenditure and claims of health revolution

Despite rising expenditure in the health sector, both communicable and non-communicable diseases continue to claim lives in rather big numbers, shows white paper on Delhi’s health sector released by Praja Foundation on Thursday.

Watch: Drinking water still cause of worry in many Indian households

Census data says that more than half of Indian households do not have a source of drinking water at home

Around 83% of diseases in Mumbai are water-borne: Survey

With monsoon at its peak, water contamination is the biggest issue for households as nearly 83 per cent diseases are in the city being water borne, according to a survey