Health
Highlight
- Stagnant water in the affected areas may cause severe health issues along with dengue and other water borne diseases.
- WHO-DEWS’s teams reported high risk of malaria, dengue, ARI, diarrhea and skin infection among the affected population.
- 74 health facilities affected by flood, 326 Mobile Medical Teams and 367 Medical Camps are operational.
- LLITNs are needed for prevention of Malaria specially among pregnant women and under 5 children in flood affected districts.
- Vitamin A supplementation will be part of NID starting from 29th September 2014.
- Partners are on the ground, working closely with local authorities to support the affected populations with much needed food, non-food items, health services including medicines, emergency health kits, and monitoring the situation for water borne diseases.
- WHO has provided 35 Emergency Health Kits, 15 Diarrheal Disease kits along with assorted medicines, Anti Snake Venoms and aqua tab etc. in the flood affected areas.
Featured Document
Key Documents
- Disease Early Warning System Epidemiological Bulletin #43
- Disease Early Warning System Epidemiological Bulletin #42 as of 22 Oct. 2014
- Health Situation Report # 2 Flood emergency (23-9-2014)
- Health Situation Report # 2 September 23 2014
- Health Situation Report # 1 Flood emergency (8-9-2014)
- Key Findings of Health Cluster Need Assessment in Bannu
- IDPs from North Waziristan: Health Situation Report # 10