Pakistan Floods: Along with the floods in Pakistan, now waterborne diseases have also increased the government's concern, Sindh is the most affected
Pakistan Floods Flood havoc continues in Pakistan. So far more than a thousand people have died. While millions of people are affected. At the same time, now water-borne diseases have also increased the concern of the government. Sindh has reported the highest number of diarrheal cases.
The recent outbreak of waterborne diseases in areas hit by record-breaking floods in Pakistan has raised concerns among health officials, as nearly half a million flood-displaced people are living in relief camps.
According to ARY News report released by the Sindh Health Department, diarrhoea, skin diseases and eye infections are spreading in relief camps set up by the government across the province.
Flood caused great devastation
This year floods have caused great destruction in Pakistan. This affected about 33 million people in the country while thousands were displaced. Due to internal displacement, more than five lakh people are currently living in relief camps in Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and Punjab.
More than one lakh 34 thousand diarrhea cases in Sindh
According to a report released by the health authorities on Saturday, over 1,34,000 diarrhea cases have been reported from Sindh in the last two months. Similarly, official figures show that 44,832 cases of malaria have been reported during the monsoon rains since June this year. It said that 101 snakebite cases have also been reported.
According to the United Nations Population Fund, 6.4 million flood victims are in need of humanitarian aid, ARY News reports.
Menstruating and pregnant women are in a miserable condition as they have no place for menstrual products or defecation.
About 650,000 pregnant women in flood-affected areas, of whom 73,000 are expected to deliver next month, need maternal health services, the report said.
This comes a day after the World Health Organization (WHO) expressed concern over the alarming rate of rising waterborne.
Flood havoc continues
Heavy monsoon rains and floods continue to wreak havoc in the country. An initial 1,300 people have lost their lives in various provinces of the country. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Saturday that with 29 deaths in the last 24 hours, the death toll since June has risen to 1,290.
Many deaths in Sindh
Large part of the country is submerged. Especially the provinces of Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh in the south. According to the report of Geo News, maximum 180 people have died in Sindh. It is followed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (138) and Balochistan (125). The southern province of Sindh, which was badly hit by the floods, has demanded one lakh tents, while the neighboring Balochistan province has demanded one lakh tents.
130 bridges destroyed by flood
According to the NDMA's final status report, since mid-June, when the monsoon began, more than 3,000 kilometers (1,864 mi) of roads, 130 bridges and 4,95,000 houses have been damaged. The floods have damaged 1,468,019 houses partially or completely, while 7,36,459 cattle have been killed.
Over 33 million people affected
Highlighting the effects of climate change in the South Asian nation, the disaster management chief told a high-level meeting that floods have submerged a third of the country. It has affected over 33 million people.