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31 July 2012 - 12:21pmNine months ago, in September 2011, devastating floods in southern Pakistan ruined basic infrastructure and key medical facilities in Shaheed Benazirabad District, Sindh Province, leaving thousands of people without health services. Suleh Bibi, 25, was in the final stretch of her pregnancy, but she was... -
5 June 2012 - 5:37pmSecurity operations in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) since 2008 have uprooted thousands of families from their homes and villages to seek refuge in neighbouring Khyber Pakhtunkwa. Many of these people have returned to their villages after spending months or years away, but not... -
25 April 2012 - 5:17pmMalaria is endemic in Pakistan, and outbreaks always increase during and after the monsoon season. After the devastating floods of 2010, pools and small lakes were left behind that provided ideal breeding grounds for mosquitoes. People who had lost their homes were forced to sleep outside, making them more... -
10 April 2012 - 1:29amFor two consecutive years, unprecedented monsoon rains and floods have swept across southern Pakistan’s Sindh and Balochistan Provinces, affecting millions of people’s lives. The floods of July and August 2010 and 2011 destroyed villages, communities and livelihoods, and forced many people to... -
9 March 2012 - 2:54amHasina* lives in a village near Sibi in Pakistan’s Balochistan Province. She was ill during her pregnancy, but her family and friends discouraged her from seeking medical attention. Some of them found it embarrassing to see a doctor during pregnancy for privacy reasons, while others were concerned...
