The health impacts of the catastrophic floods in Pakistan are highlighted in a Podcast and Comment by Professor Zulfi Bhutta, Aga Khan University, Pakistan. As the flood waters recede, the risk of cholera outbreaks and other communicable diseases rise; the priorities for the relief effort are food supplies, clean water, and sanitation, to try and restore basic primary care facilities. Elderly people with chronic diseases are a key relief target having lost medication from home loss and displacement.
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Comment (Online PDF): The unfolding human tragedy in Pakistan: fighting alone
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