![]() ![]() UNICEF also wants to help children resume learning and will support the Government to reestablish critical services for children as soon as possible. Meanwhile, dozens of mobile health clinics are providing lifesaving assistance to displaced populations. These include drinking water, water purification tablets, hygiene kits, medicines, vaccines, therapeutic nutritional supplements for children, pregnant and lactating women, and mosquito nets. Using pre-positioned emergency supplies, UNICEF has delivered immediate emergency services and supplies. UNICEF is doing everything we can to support children and families affected and protect them from the ongoing dangers of waterborne diseases, malnutrition and protection risks. UNICEF is on the ground with partners, delivering life-saving medical and other emergency supplies to support children and women affected by the floods. Help save and protect children in Pakistan Children will suffer more than adults, with those in the poorest communities bearing the biggest burden. Climate-related crises will not affect everyone equally. Many of the hardest-hit areas are amongst the most vulnerable in Pakistan, where children already suffer from high rates of malnutrition, and poor access to water and sanitation. Meanwhile, more than 1 in 9 children under five admitted to health facilities in flood-affected areas of Sindh and Balochistan have been found to be suffering from severe acute malnutrition, a life-threatening condition where children are too thin for their height, resulting in weakened immune systems. They are now bearing the brunt of deadly water-borne diseases. Despite UNICEF delivering clean water, many families have had no alternative but to drink disease-ridden water. We need your urgent support to help save lives.ĭamage to water supply systems and sanitation facilities has resulted in millions of people no longer having access to safe drinking water. We are also establishing temporary learning centres and supporting the protection and psychosocial wellbeing of children affected by these devastating floods.īut much more is needed to ensure we can reach all families displaced by floods and help them overcome this climate disaster. UNICEF is responding with the Government and partners, helping to deliver safe drinking water lifesaving medical supplies therapeutic food supplies and hygiene kits to children and families. As well as physical ailments, the longer the crisis continues, the greater the risk to children’s mental health. Frail, hungry, children are fighting a losing battle against severe acute malnutrition, diarrhoea, malaria, dengue fever, typhoid, acute respiratory infections, and painful skin conditions. Hundreds of thousands of homes have been damaged or destroyed, while many public health facilities, water systems and schools have been destroyed or damaged. As the floodwaters have receded, the crisis has become an acute child survival crisis. Torrential monsoon rains triggered the most severe flooding in Pakistan’s recent history, washing away villages and leaving almost 10 million children in need of immediate, lifesaving support, and at increased risk of waterborne diseases, drowning and malnutrition. ![]()
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