waterborne disease Stories

With technical guidance and financial backing from the Supporting Community-Led Response initiative, more than 300 households constructed latrines and...

Floods increase health risks because they fill latrines in affected areas, contaminating above-ground water with faecal matter

In March 2023, Ethiopia reported over 2,276 cases and 50 deaths, posing a grave threat to approximately 3.3 million individuals.

The heavy rainfall witnessed countrywide for the past three days has worsened the situation as the sewer is mixing with the rainwater.