After suffering floods more serious in its history, Pakistan is now facing a new enemy: the diseases. According to data from the Organization of the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of patients by disorders linked to the catastrophe has not ceased to increase in recent days.
“From a week ago, we have found an increase in the number of diseases in the country,” has announced Paul Gardwood, spokesman for the UN Agency.
Between 17 and the September 24, “it has been diagnosed in 486,000 people with different disorders,” said. According to their words, problems such as diarrhea, acute respiratory infections, skin disorders or malaria have been the most frequent.
In fact, in the regions of the center and the southeast of the country, possible cases of malaria (do not have been confirmed by laboratory analysis) are multiplying.
In the south, always in the words of the spokesman WHO, are the skin disorders that do not leave to increase. The inhabitants of this area live in shelters, where the moisture causes skin, important as eczema or scabies. In addition, there are also significant hygiene problems.
In the north, where a large portion of the population has been able to return to their homes, there has been, in contrast, “a sharp increase in respiratory illnesses” with the arrival of the cold.
“Between 17 and the September 24, we have registered nearly 90,000 cases of serious respiratory infections, which have led the 18 percent of the consultations in a single week”, has indicated Gardwood.
“In total, between July 29 and the September 24, more than 6.2 million people have been treated in the country because of one of these four diseases,” he stressed.
The United States warned last week of the risk of epidemics – primarily of cholera- in flooded areas, due to the existence of stagnant water.




