The World Health Organization raised the alarm Saturday about a "second disaster" in the wake of the deadly floods in Pakistan this summer, as doctors and medical workers on the ground race to battle outbreaks of waterborne and other diseases.
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Pakistan Scrambles to Deliver Aid as Flood Death Toll Rises
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WHO raises alarm on disease in flood-hit areas of Pakistan
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Access Asia - Water-borne diseases spread in Pakistan following floods
Agricultural land inundated by flooding is set to have long-term humanitarian and economic impacts in Pakistan. Billions of dollars worth of rice, sugar and wheat have already been lost.
Fatalities from record-breaking floods in the impoverished Islamic nation rose to 1,481, with 54 more people dying in rain-related incidents in the past 24 hours
Waterborne diseases are spreading in northwestern Pakistan as floodwaters recede. Doctors do not have enough medicine to treat displaced people living in crowded camps.
The World Health Organization raised the alarm Saturday about a “second disaster" in the wake of the deadly floods in Pakistan this summer, as doctors and medical workers on the ground race to battle outbreaks of waterborne and other diseases.
The Pakistani government says the flood regions are becoming infested with water-borne diseases. The stagnant flood water has become a breeding ground for diseases like malaria and dengue fever.
The World Health Organization raised the alarm Saturday about a "second disaster" in the wake of the deadly floods in Pakistan this summer, as doctors and medical workers on the ground race to battle outbreaks of waterborne and other diseases.
Water has started receding in parts of Pakistan after the worst monsoon floods in history. But now, a second disaster is looming with cases of water-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue fever rising,…
