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WHO raises alarm on disease in flood-hit areas of Pakistan

Por: ABC News Health September 17, 2022

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ISLAMABAD -- The World Health Organization raised the alarm Saturday about a “second disaster in the wake of the deadly floods in Pakistan this summer, as doctors and medical workers on the ground race to battle outbreaks of waterborne and other diseases. The floodwaters started receding this week in the worst-hit provinces but many of the displaced — now living in tents and makeshift camps — increasingly face the threat of... + full article



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