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One year after historic floods devastated Pakistan and a national state of emergency was declared, millions of children continue to need humanitarian assistance and access to essential services, UNICEF warned today. Recovery and rehabilitation efforts remain underfunded. more
Pakistan floods: 9 million more risk being pushed into poverty, warns UNDP

New York: An additional nine million people risk being pushed into poverty on top of the 33 million affected by last summer’s devastating floods in Pakistan, the UN development agen ...

Public health risks increasing in flood-affected Pakistan, warns WHO

New York: Although flood waters have continued to recede in many flood-affected areas across Pakistan in recent weeks, around eight million people need essential health assistance, the Wo ...

Pakistan: Minister says 600,000 pregnant women in flood-hit areas lack facilities

Pakistan's Minister of State for Finance and Revenue Dr Aisha Ghous Pasha has said  600,000 pregnant women in flood-hit areas lack maternal health services and have no safe place ...