In the wake of the recent announcement by the Pakistani authorities that ‘Phase Two’ of the ‘repatriation plan’ of Afghans in the country will begin after Eid (April 15), Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply concerned for the rights and welfare of those impacted by the latest round of deportations. Pakistan is home […]
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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is seeing alarmingly high numbers of patients with malaria and children with malnutrition among flood-affected communities in Sindh and eastern Balochistan provinces, Pakistan. Catastrophic flooding began in June, and the situation remains an emergency, with critical humanitarian needs. The current response is inadequate. The basic needs of people living in the […]
It has been more than three months since devastating floods caused vast damage across Pakistan and displaced millions, but only in recent weeks have waters started to recede and people been able to return home. Those returning to their villages are finding destroyed houses and land, still surrounded by stagnant water. Meanwhile, those remaining in camps […]
Shahid Abdullah, Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)’s emergency in-country coordinator in Balochistan describes the situation on the ground in flood-affected areas. “People are sitting alongside the main road, and you can see that many of them have already received help. They have, among other things, mosquito nets, hygiene packs and food. On the […]
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Akeela, an Outreach Counsellor with MSF since 2020, lived in the village of Mir Gul Hassan Manju Shori Barun Naseerabad, which is around 5 kilometres from Dera Murad Jamali (DMJ) in Balochistan. This was one of the areas hardest hit by monsoon rains and extreme flooding that left one third of Pakistan underwater. After losing […]
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Monsoon rains have plagued Pakistan for months and have become yet more intense in recent weeks, causing widespread damage in much of the country. Millions of people have lost their homes and are being forced to sleep in makeshift shelters, while many health structures are damaged or not functioning. MSF teams are stepping up […]
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Pakistan is suffering widespread destruction from flooding due to exceptionally heavy monsoon rains, affecting some 33 million people. One-third of the country is now underwater, according to Pakistani officials. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are on the ground providing primary health care, drinking water, and essential supplies, although access to some areas remains […]
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