3/4/2023 0 Comments Broken roads images![]() On Sunday, UNICEF delivered 32 metric tons of life-saving medical and other emergency supplies to support flood-stricken children and women in Sindh and elsewhere in Pakistan. The humanitarian assistance is being delivered to flood victims, but most have yet to receive it because broken roads and bridges are hampering the relief operations, according to rescue and aid teams. Children’s Fund (UNICEF), with more expected in the coming days. The Pakistani foreign ministry said that 35 planeloads of relief supplies have already arrived from China, France, Qatar, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and the U.N. ![]() Nearly 1.5 million houses, 243 bridges and more than 5,500 kilometers of roads have been washed away or damaged. The NDMA in its latest situation report said the flooding, landslides and swollen rivers have caused massive damage to infrastructure in Sindh, Baluchistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces. ![]() Pakistan authorities also say 47,000 pregnant women are sheltering in the camps. The United Nations Population Fund last week said at least 650,000 pregnant women and girls, 73,000 of whom are expected to deliver in the next month, are among the flood victims, with many of them lacking access to health care facilities and support they need to deliver their babies safely. Pechuho said more than 100,000 skin-related conditions, along with 101 snake bites and 500 dog bites have been reported so far among flood victims. “More than 134,000 cases of diarrhea and 44,000 cases of malaria have been reported in the province,” she told local Dawn News TV. Waterborne Diseases Spread Among Flood Victims in Pakistan
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