Pakistan on verge of ‘second disaster’ following climate-change-induced floods, WHO warns
A flood victim walks to get drinking water at a relief camp in Dasht near Quetta, Pakistan, Friday, September 16, 2022
A “SECOND DISASTER” could be about to follow the deadly floods in Pakistan this summer, the World Health Organisation warned at the weekend, as doctors and medical workers on the ground raced to battle outbreaks of waterborne and other diseases.
The floodwaters started receding this week in the worst-hit provinces but many of the displaced, now living in tents and makeshift camps, increasingly face the threat of gastrointestinal infections, dengue fever and malaria, which are on the rise.
The dirty and stagnant waters have become breeding grounds for mosquitos.
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