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Bookmark or Share- Pakistan crisis - World Health Organization (WHO)Pakistan’s people ravaged by calamitous floods - 18 September 2022 WHO Director-General's statement on Pakistan – 17 September 2022 WHO inaugurates an emergency operations centre and provides urgently needed essential medicines in Swat - 13 September 2022
- Tropical Cyclones - World Health Organization (WHO)When tropical cyclones cause floods and sea surges, the risk of drowning and water- or vector-borne diseases increase. Additionally, flood waters may contain sewage and chemicals, hide sharp objects made of metal or glass and electrical lines, or host dangerous snakes or reptiles, which can cause diseases, injuries, electrocution and bites.
- The importance of preparedness: strengthening community resilience ...Climate change is altering the world in which we live in. Weather has become more extreme, and natural disasters happen more often than before. Flash floods have emerged as a persistent threat, endangering lives, homes, and livelihoods. Amidst this perilous environment, a silent killer lurks—the risk of drowning. Often underestimated, even knee-high water levels can prove deadly as ...
- Heavy rainfall is causing rivers to burst their banks, leaving huge ...Floods cause extensive damage, disruption and adverse health effects, particularly given the potential for increased transmission of water- and vector-borne diseases. The impacts of floods on health arise directly through contact with floodwater as well as indirectly from damage to health facilities, other critical infrastructure, ecosystems ...
- Malaria - Pakistan - World Health Organization (WHO)From January through August 2022, more than 3.4 million suspected cases of malaria were reported in Pakistan compared with the 2.6 million suspected cases reported in 2021. Over 170 000 cases were laboratory confirmed, with the majority reported as Plasmodium vivax. A rapid upsurge in cases was observed in Balochistan and Sindh provinces after the devastating floods in mid-June 2022, together ...
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