AKU has established camps in Khairpur, Karachi, Matiari, Naushero Feroze, Osta Mohammad and Sukkur
September 17, 2010
Health services for women and children displaced by the floods should be first priority as they are most vulnerable to infections sweeping through the relief camps.
“Pakistan already has poor maternal and child health indicators and diarrhoea, respiratory illnesses and skin infections will attack the weakest,” said Dr Zulfiqar Bhutta, Chair, Division of Maternal and Child Health, Aga Khan University (AKU). AKU is running centres and camps in Khairpur, Karachi, Matiari, Naushero Feroze, Sukkur in Sindh and Osta Mohammad in Balochistan, focusing on treating pregnant women, those ready to deliver as well as newborn infants and young children.
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