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Pakistan Floods Update: Cholera Breaks Out Water Borne Diseases
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by NowPublic Staff | August 16, 2010 at 07:02 am
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Pakistan Flood Update, Monday August 16th: 3.5 Million Children At Risk, Video
Weeks after the worst flooding in Pakistan's history the humanitarian crisis in Pakistan is only getting worse. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said Sunday it is the worst natural disaster he has ever seen.
Chlorea and other water borne diseases are breaking out, so to is dysentery potentially impacting the 20 million left homeless, 3.5 million of those children.
Maurizio Giuliano, a spokesman for the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs, told the AFP news agency: "Up to 3.5 million children are at high risk of deadly waterborne diseases, such as watery diarrhoea and dysentery. Water during the flood has been contaminated badly. There is a shortage of clean water."
Delays in aid delivery and the continuing threat of further floods have resulted in widespread public anger that could bring political trouble for an unpopular government overwhelmed by the disaster, which has disrupted the lives of at least one-tenth of Pakistan's 170 million people.
Meanwhile, there is growing fear that the natural disaster unfolding in Pakistan is playing into the hands of extremists who are taking advantage of an unstable country and weak government .
Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told the BBC that he feared the growing desperation of flood victims could play into the hands of extremists.
But he said troops fighting insurgents in the north had not been redeployed to help the relief effort.
"We have moved additional troops to southern parts of Punjab and the provinces of Sindh and Balochistan. We are not going to permit militants to take advantage of this situation," he said.
In southern Pakistan, angry flood survivors blocked a main road in Sindh province to protest against the slow delivery of aid and demanded more action from the authorities.
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at 09:14 on August 16th, 2010
The after effects of flood is more dangerous epidemics is around the corner signals are coming.
at 23:05 on August 19th, 2010
true. millions of people have lost their homes, lands and businesses and wide-spread pandemics add to the misery. thousands of volunteers have been working round-the-clock.
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Warren45 (not verified)at 09:02 on August 20th, 2010
Perhaps the Taliban can help them, since Pakistan has been helping them for years.
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si11at 14:51 on August 22nd, 2010
"Perhaps the Taliban can help them, since Pakistan has been helping them for years."
Did the tooth fairy personally deliver that message to you Warren.. of course since it's been broadcasted on FOX News or whatever other heinous News channel that you like to peruse through, it must be true. Who cares if people in Pakistan are themselves under the threat of Taliban.. Thousands of people are killed in suicide bombings and target killings.. Maybe the terrorists like to blow each other up for fun! They must want to practice on themselves to perfect their ability to kill.
The people affected by the floods do not give a shit about terrorism or taliban.. they're generally concerned with feeding themselves and their families since people do tend to die when they are not fed and I'm sure they don't have any current thoughts, as being there they can see very well that it's all hopeless... but no wait since they are born in Pakistan they are obviously inferior to you and don't deserve the basic human rights because you and ignorant racist morons like yourself are so darn sure that they are all terrorists funded by talibans.
I am shocked by the blatant hatred and racism evident all over the web ever since this tragedy has hit.. and then people wonder why the west is so loved and popular.
It's very easy to sit in the comfort of your home and judge people, how about using those same minute number of brain cells and doing some research.. look at videos and pictures, read the accounts of the people who have been there and seen the horrific conditions. You do not want to donate then don't, it's not like anything that's being donated is going to reach those poor souls.. just sit for a minute and think about all those people that you've written off as terrorists in the blink of an eye.. They’re most probably not going to be in this world long enough.. just pity the human loss that has been and that would prevail in the future.. They’re not very different from you.. They are just unfortunate enough to be on the other side.
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Jeba (not verified)at 02:00 on August 25th, 2010
i feel proud that my India has given Rs.300000000 for the affected people.
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Bill in Reno (not verified)at 16:36 on September 8th, 2010
India should be proud. They are doing the right thing for a neighbor and their fellow man. Actually, it is true, based on poles that Americans are not popular in Pakistan, but that image problem seems spread throughout the Muslim world. Given that America have miltarily stepped in to save Muslims in places like Lebanon and Serbia, it is hard to understand. Maybe it is those assasination missions of the predators in Paki territory? Maybe not. But whatever the reason, the fundamentalists seem to be winning the propoganda war. Strange, since these same terrorists threaten the lives of aid workers who are trying to help in Pakistan. Strange since these terrorists have justified murdering innocent Muslims. But millions of innocent lives are at risk in Pakistan, and they are one of our most important allies in the war on terrorisim. AND they are a nuclear-armed country. Pakistani stability is a matter of national security to the US. If that government collapsed, those nukes could fall into islamic fundamentalist hands. Seems that strategically, we must do a better job helping the Pakistani. For our own good! And it is the right thing to do. Let's face it it is the christian thing to do. And MAYBE it is a way to show them we are different from the Taliban. Maybe this is the path to winning hearts and minds.