Aid agencies are warning outbreaks of disease pose a serious new risk to victims of Pakistan’s worst flooding, as United Nations chief Ban Ki-Moon announces he is to visit the country this weekend.Monsoons have engulfed Pakistan’s Indus river basin, killing more than 1,600 people and forcing two million from their homes. view full post »
Qasim Berech, 30, is a public health expert with Oxfam in Pakistan. He travelled to Upper Swat on 16 August.People in Upper Swat Valley have been living in a nightmare since the floods began. They’ve been almost completely cut off from the rest of the country. For hundreds of thousands of people, helicopter drops have [ Read More ]
The United Nations has established more than a thousand health clinics across Pakistan in the wake of widespread flooding, a U.N. official said. ”Almost 1,200 mobile health clinics are operating across Pakistan,” said Maurizio Giuliano with the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. “For many people, this is the only way to receive health care.”Water-borne [ Read More ]
More angry flood victims in southern Pakistan have turned against the country’s government, looting a convoy loaded with supplies. Residents brandishing long sticks and chanting “shame on the government” ripped supplies out of a vehicle loaded with food Wednesday in the city of Sukkur in Sindh province. One man said they had no choice because [ Read More ]
