The WHO said it was working with the Pakistani government to respond to outbreaks of diarrhoea, cholera and other diseases.
The UN and Pakistan have asked for $160m to provide emergency support to 5 million people, including food, water, sanitation and shelter. The Guardian reports that world organizations are trying hard to stop disease outbreaks. ZdEhoSpV1g- Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus August 31, 2022 We thank our CFE donors for enabling us to respond rapidly. has classified the flooding in #Pakistan as the highest level of emergency & released $10 million from the Contingency Fund for Emergencies (CFE) to treat the injured, deliver health supplies & prevent outbreaks. The UN has also launched an international appeal for $160 million to help the flood-ravaged country. Pakistan’s government has declared a state of emergency and Ghebreyesus has released $10 million in aid from WHO, the UN press release said. Pakistan is one of only two countries in the world where polio remains endemic and monitoring for it and other transmissible diseases is being increased. “Up to 73,000 women expected to deliver next month will need skilled birth attendants, newborn care, and support,” the UN Population Fund said in a statement, as reported by PBS NewsHour. “Initially we received injured people, but now diarrhea is common,” said Farhad Khan, a physician running a medical camp in Charsadda, as PBS NewsHour reported.Ībout 650,000 women who are in areas affected by the flooding need maternal health care, the UN Population Fund said, according to PBS NewsHour. Waterborne diseases are being seen across Pakistan, said authorities, reported PBS NewsHour. We are doing all we can to reach them,” said Director of WaterAid Pakistan Arif Jabbar Khan, as The Guardian reported. They have even been drinking flood water because there is no other option – a recipe for large-scale disease outbreaks. “Families are now living on the banks of overflowed canals and rivers in ramshackle huts made of bamboo and plastic. More than 161,000 of those who have been displaced due to the floods are living in relief camps, the UN said. The flooding has caused damage to more than 880 health facilities throughout Pakistan, leaving millions without medical treatment. The Director-General of WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has declared the situation the highest emergency. Many have died from these impacts.īut the horror has only begun as people contract an intestinal disease, cholera, and even polio. Fresh water that is safe to drink is in short supply, and food is in short supply. So many don’t care, and I cannot make them.įor those just now learning about the crisis, south Asia has been suffering from extreme temperatures and drought for several months.
It’s challenging to continue exploiting them if our sins of devouring fossil fuels are revealed as the reason they suffer and die. The cynic in me believes that the corporate powers and the media they own hold back on reporting the global south climate impacts because it is climate breakdown at its most fearsome. If one does make the recommended list, it hovers at the bottom of the list. There have been a few diaries on the disaster at Daily Kos. I mention brown-skinned, predominately Muslim people because that is why the western press ignores their moment of peril.
The record-breaking flooding has decimated the lives of tens of millions of people.
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