Severe monsoon rains between August 15–18 triggered catastrophic flash floods and landslides across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, devastating lives and infrastructure in Bajaur, Battagram, Buner, Mansehra, Shangla, Swat and Torghar districts, killing more than 300 people in KP and 200 in Buner while sweeping away entire villages. The floods have caused immense damage to infrastructure, displacing thousands of families and cutting them off from accessing essential food and water. Meanwhile, standing water continues to pose a serious health risk, serving as a breeding ground for waterborne diseases, respiratory infections, skin conditions, and other illnesses.
In response to this disaster, International Medical Corps is providing health centers with essential medical supplies and medicines, including antibiotics, analgesics, antifungals, intravenous fluids, oral rehydration salts, antiseptics and vaccines, diagnostic kits and other items needed to address urgent health needs and reduce the risk of disease outbreaks in the flood's aftermath. Our WASH team has also helped 1,230 flood-affected households in Nowshera District thus far by providing water purification sachets to enable access to safe drinking water. We have engaged a group of 100 volunteers to raise awareness of proper hygiene practices in their communities to reduce the risk of communicable diseases.
Thanks to our longstanding presence in the KP province, International Medical Corps is prepared to expand its response, which may include distributing additional supplies to affected health facilities and communities, deploying mobile medical teams, and more. Your support can help deliver urgently needed medical care and supplies to affected communities in Pakistan as they recover from this disaster.
*Please 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 where they are needed most to help us respond to future outbreaks of conflict, disease or disaster.
