The World Health Organization (WHO) has said in its report that 116 out of 154 districts across the country have been affected by floods cau...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said in its report that 116 out of 154 districts across the country have been affected by floods caused by rains while at least 888 health centers have been damaged.
According to the report of maknews-21, the report of the World Health Organization further stated that more than 1,000 people died and more than 15,000 were injured in the flood.
The WHO added that more than 33 million people have been affected, of which 6.4 million are in dire need of humanitarian assistance, including 421,000 displaced by the floods.
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The report said that as of August 28, 888 health centers have been damaged in Pakistan, of which 180 have been completely destroyed.
The World Health Organization further said that Pakistan is already fighting several epidemics, including Corona, if there is a disruption in the provision of health facilities, the spread of the disease will increase greatly in the current situation.
The report said that diseases such as diarrhoea, dengue fever, malaria, polio and corona are increasing in Pakistan, this increase is being seen especially in camps of victims and in areas where water and sanitation facilities are damaged. has arrived
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WHO has also provided mobile medical camps in affected districts where 1.7 million AquaTabs have been provided to ensure access to clean water and sample collection kits to ensure clinical testing of infectious disease samples. are provided.
Meanwhile, while talking to BBC News, the British High Commissioner in Pakistan, Christian Turner, linked these floods to climate change.
"The factors that we're seeing show that this level of climate change impact is extraordinary, it's not just a bad monsoon season, it's more than that and I think This is the era of environmental destruction'.
Pressure on international countries to help Pakistan deal with climate change
Diplomats and scientists have said that countries that are major contributors to global carbon emissions should feel moral pressure to financially support climate-vulnerable countries like Pakistan, which account for 0.5 percent of global carbon emissions. are responsible for less than
According to the report of the news agency "AFP" published in the maknews-21, Nabil Munir, the ambassador of Pakistan in Seoul and the head of the largest negotiating bloc of developing countries in the United Nations climate talks, said that this is not just an accident. proves that it is happening frequently.
"The impact of these disasters is only going to increase and we have to be prepared for it, the human and economic impact is already extraordinary and this is a continuation of the disaster, the rains are still going on," he said.
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Observers say that countries such as Pakistan, which have contributed the least to global warming, often bear its worst effects.
Christina Dahl, Principal Climate Scientist of the Union of Concerned Scientists, said that "Pakistan has contributed less than 0.5 percent of global warming since the Industrial Revolution, while the United States is responsible for 25 percent."
It may be recalled that in March warm weather started in different parts of South Asia and Pakistan recorded record temperature.
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Scientists from the World Weather Attribution Climate Group estimate that climate change has made heat waves 30 times more likely.
Rapidly melting glaciers can cause flooding of glacial lakes, said Helen Griffiths, a researcher in hydrology and environmental science at the University of Reading, which could lead to a cumulative effect of higher-than-average river levels and average will cause more rain than
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