Pakistan: People’s need for cutaneous leishmaniasis care remains high
January 18, 2023In Pakistan, the neglected tropical disease cutaneous leishmaniasis is considered a public health burden. The disease affects people’s skin and causes lesions or ulcers on the body. It is the most endemic in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkwa provinces, but Sindh...
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Pakistan: Flood emergency is far from over
January 9, 2023Sindh, Pakistan: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, is seeing alarmingly high numbers of patients with malaria and children with malnutrition among flood-affected communities it assists in Sindh and eastern Balochistan provinces, Pakistan.Catastrophic flooding began in...
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Pakistan: People are unable to return home and major health concerns remain months after the flooding
December 19, 2022In has been more than three months since devastating floods caused vast damage across Pakistan and displaced millions, but only in recent weeks have waters started to recede and people been able to return home. Those returning to their villages...
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Pakistan Flood Update| October 2022
October 28, 2022It has been seven weeks since the flood emergency was declared by the Government of Pakistan, calling on the international community for support. The heavy monsoon rains that started in June have inundated more than one third of Pakistan, with...
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Pakistan: “These floods will likely affect the population for months”
September 29, 2022Monsoon rains have plagued Pakistan for months and have become yet more intense in recent weeks, causing widespread damage in much of the country, increased by global warming and the melting of glaciers. Millions of people have lost their homes...
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A first person account of devastating floods in Pakistan
September 29, 2022Shahid Abdullah, MSF’s emergency field coordinator in Balochistan describes the situation on the ground in flood-affected areas. People are sitting alongside the main road, and you can see that many of them have already received help. They have, among other...
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Pakistan Flood Update: Five things you need to know
September 12, 2022Pakistan is suffering widespread destruction caused by flooding during monsoon rains, with over 70 per cent of the country inundated, over 1,000 people dead, over 1,500 injured and at least 33 million people affected. While monsoon rains have plagued Pakistan...
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Pakistan: Access denied
October 21, 2013By Chris Lockyear, operations manager for MSF in Pakistan On the afternoon of 24 September, I watched the news unfolding. Houses flattened, hundreds dead and many more injured following a major earthquake in the Awaran district of Balochistan province. It...
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Pakistan: MSF still without authorisation to enter earthquake-affected Awaran area
October 4, 2013It has been 11 days since the first of two severe earthquakes hit the Awaran area of Balochistan province, Pakistan. Despite daily discussions with the Government of Pakistan, Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has not yet been...
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