Pakistan

Situation reports

Earthquake in Balochistan
Morbidity and Mortality report - 20 December 2008 [pdf 151kb] | Situation report - 13 November 2008 [pdf 173kb] | Archives

Flood affected SINDH District
Morbidity and Mortality report - 6 December 2008 [pdf 129kb] | Archives

NWFP Province
- IDP situation report - 5 November 2008 [pdf 60kb]
- Health coverage report - 5 November 2008 [pdf 45kb]
- Morbidity and Mortality report Peshawar - 4 November 2008 [pdf 611kb]
- Morbidity and Mortality Report IDPs hosting districts - 4 November 2008 [pdf 444kb]

Maps

IDP camps and organizations providing health services
5 November 2008 [pdf 442kb]

Damaged status of health facilities, Partners providing health services in Ziarat and Pishin District
29 October 2008 [pdf 438kb]

Media

20 000 displaced by Pakistan earthquake, WHO warns of health risks
29 OCTOBER 2009 ¦ ISLAMABAD/GENEVA -- Accessibility to health services, exposure to cold weather and access to safe food and water are major health concerns facing the at least 20 000 people displaced by today's magnitude 6.4 earthquake in Pakistan's southwest Baluchistan province.
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Displacement puts thousands at risk of diseases
10 SEPTEMBER 2008 | PESHAWAR -- Thousands of Pakistan's most vulnerable people are on the move in the country's northwest, seeking health and other humanitarian aid after being displaced by armed conflict and heavy flooding. WHO and its partners are supporting Pakistani authorities to help the 423 000 displaced people in need.
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Health response launched for the displaced in Pakistan
9 SEPTEMBER 2008--Some 423 000 people in Pakistan need urgent health care after being affected by recent conflict and flooding. WHO and partners are requesting US$ 9.76 million to undertake life-saving health responses to this humanitarian crisis.
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Appeals and Funding

Country profile

Health action following the 2005 earthquake

On 8 October 2005, the north-eastern region of Kashmir was struck by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake that killed more than 80 000 people, injured over 100 000 and left an estimated 3.5 million homeless. Three photo essays entitled "The immediate aftermath," "The crisis continues" and "Coping" provide an overview of the health situation in Pakistan immediately after the earthquake and the emergency health response during the first three weeks and tell some of the personal stories of people affected by this tragedy.

More information on humanitarian crises in Pakistan