
Pakistan: The heartbreaking link between maternal and child malnutrition
September 14, 2023Last year, scorching heat waves broke records across South Asia, with temperatures surpassing 50° in March and April. The unusually violent monsoon that followed triggered floods that killed over 1.700 people in Pakistan and ravaged communities. After the devastating weather...
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Cutaneous leishmaniasis medical care in Pakistan: Patient stories
January 19, 2023Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a skin infection caused by a parasite transmitted by the bite of a phlebotomine sandfly. It is common in Pakistan, particularly amongst poor, both urban and rural populations in Balochistan and Khyber Paktunkhwa provinces. The disease is...
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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 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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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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New Year babies: The first MSF newborns of 2022
January 20, 2022There is always a reason to find hope. For a second uncertain year in a row, many countries have faced the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, while, at the same time, conflict, disaster and obstacles to accessing care have hit...
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Pakistan
December 16, 2021MSF in South Asia: Projects in South Asia Access campaign Connect with us What we do Healthcare for women, children and newborns is a serious concern in Pakistan and remains our priority there. Women in rural areas die from preventable...
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Pakistan: After 12 years of support, MSF hands last hospital activities over in Timergara
February 8, 2021Timergara is in the region of Lower Dir in Pakistan, close to the Afghan border and on the banks of the Panjkora River. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been working here for over 12 years, and at the end...
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Pakistan: Witnessing poor mother and child healthcare in Balochistan
June 6, 2019In Pakistan, thousands of women and infants die each year from medical conditions that are easily preventable. In the southwest province of Balochistan, which has some of the worst health statistics in the world, the situation is particularly dire. Médecins...
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Pakistan: Closure of MSF project in northwest will leave thousands without healthcare
November 10, 2017Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been told by the Pakistani authorities to close its medical activities in Bajaur Agency in north-western Pakistan. The closure will leave thousands of people in Bajaur Agency without vital healthcare, and comes just seven...
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Pakistan: MSF asked to close its medical activities in Kurram Agency, north-west Pakistan
September 15, 2017After 14 years of presence in Kurram district, in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is withdrawing from the area. The authorities have refused to issue a no objection certificate (NoC), without providing any...
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