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UN warns 3.5 million children at water-borne disease risk in flood-hit Pakistan | As millions of people struggle to wade through country's worst floods in the last 80 years, the United Nations (UN) has warned that nearly 3.5 million children in Pakistan are at risk from water-borne diseases. UN Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) spokesman Maurizio Giuliano warned that Pakistan
was on the brink of a "second wave of death" unless more funds were organised.
"Up to 3.5 million children are at high risk of deadly water-borne diseases, including
diarrhoea-related, such as watery diarrhoea and dysentery," The Daily Times quoted
Giuliano, as saying. "We fear we're getting close to the start of seeing a second
wave of death if not enough money comes through, due to water-borne diseases along
with lack of clean water and food shortages," he added. Giuliano said that nearly
six million children were at the risk of water borne diseases, and added that
the World Health Organisation (WHO) is preparing itself to assist up to 140,000
people in case of cholera outbreak. Several flood survivors are already believed
to have died from cholera and other related diseases. According to the UN, 1,600
people have died in the floods, while the Pakistan government has put the death
toll to 1,384. |
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