KARACHI: The situation at relief camps for flood survivors is worsening with each passing day and the number of casualities from water-borne diseases can increase at an alarming rate if vaccines are not sent.
Dr Zulfiqar Bhutta, chair, division of Women and Child Health at the Aga Khan University Hospital, told The Express Tribune that vaccines and life-saving drugs are needed on an urgent basis. He and his team is headed to Khairpur. “Overall, it’s a gloomy picture. Our resources are limited. I have been appealing for vaccines for two weeks now, and we need to get them through any source we can such as donors,” he said.
The AKU is dispatching several volunteer teams of doctors and nurses to flood-affected areas across Pakistan.
via From bad to worse at relief camps – The Express Tribune.
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Vaccines, vitamins, sanitation and clean water (or water purification kits for people) are primary in a humanitarian emergency. You cannot deal with anything if disease flies rampant. this ablsolutely should be part and parcel of any disaster relief operation.
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