Islamabad September 1, : The devastating flooding situation in Pakistan will likely accelerate the spread of diseases, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) as the country fights its fight against the devastating floods.In its most recent report on the issue of flooding in Pakistan the WHO stated that the heavy monsoon rains that began in the middle of June are continuing in many areas of the country, and have affected the districts of 116 (75 percent) of the total 160 districts.
of the total of 160 districts, Geo News reported.
The province most affected is Sindh then Balochistan.
As of August 25 over 33 million people had been affected, and more than 6.4 million are in urgent need of assistance for emergencies including 421,000 refugees the WHO report noted.
More than 1100 lives have been lost and more than 15,000 people have been injured.
The WHO report focused on the “severe” impact on health facilities and health facilities, declaring that as of August 28 the number of health facilities were damaged in the country of which 180 of them are totally damaged.
“Access to health facilities, health care workers, as well as the need for essential medicines and medical supplies are the primary health issues for the moment,” Geo News quoted the WHO report as saying.
The Pakistani health system is currently fighting several concurrent health threats that include Covid-19 and the emergence of cholera, typhoid measles, leishmaniasis , and HIV according to the WHO stated in a statement that, even before the floods of this year there was a huge gap in accessibility to health services between urban and rural areas.
In the meantime, health experts have sounded the alarm about the spread of illness in areas affected by flooding and estimate that five million people will be sick in the coming four to twelve weeks.
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