An extreme monsoon season continues to affect communities throughout all four provinces of Pakistan. Heavy rainfall has caused widespread flooding and landslides. In total, some 2.3 million people have been affected since mid-June—with more than 1,000 people killed and almost 950,000 homes damaged or destroyed—in what local officials are calling a “climate catastrophe.” The situation is expected to worsen, as more rainfall is forecast for the coming weeks.
Shelter, food, health, and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) have been identified as priority needs. Due to floodwaters and lack of access to clean drinking water, water-borne diseases, respiratory tract infections, skin infections, malaria and flood-related injuries are expected to rise—while significant infrastructure damage and displacement are limiting access to health services.
International Medical Corps is responding and urgently needs your help to expand response efforts.
Due to our longstanding presence in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, International Medical Corps has already provided local health officials with enough medicines and medical supplies to care for around 4,000 patients for more than one month. We will be providing additional medicines and medical supplies, and plan to deploy mobile medical teams to deliver essential health services directly to flood-affected communities in both KP and Sindh provinces. We are also in the process of conducting additional assessments to better understand and address growing mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) and WASH needs.
Your support is urgently needed as we work to address the needs of those impacted by the deadly flooding.
*Note for recurring donations: Once we have determined that the community can continue to respond to the after-effects of this emergency without us, we will scale back our response efforts. At that time, we will redirect your future donations to where it is needed most to help us respond to future outbreaks of conflict, disease or disaster.
