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Waterborne disease threatens flood victims MULTAN, Pakistan -- Disease is spreading among Pakistani flood victims, officials said Friday. Aid workers warn that waterborne diseases and other illnesses could raise the death toll from more than two weeks of flooding to well past the estimated 1,500 people who have perished so far. The U.S. said Friday that it would give $3 million to help establish 15 treatment centers for waterborne illnesses in the aftermath of the floods, which are estimated to have directly or indirectly affected some 14 million. In one area, medical workers have seen at least 1,000 children with illnesses in the last three days, said Mumtaz Hussain, a doctor at a government hospital. "The situation is alarming, as the diseases can infect other survivors," Hussain said.
ISLAMABAD - The global aid response to the Pakistan floods has so far been much less generous than to other recent natural disasters - despite the soaring numbers of people affected and the prospect of more economic ruin in a country key to the fight against Islamist extremists.See the full content of this document
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Little Aid to Pakistanis
Reasons include the relatively low death toll of 1,500, the slow ...
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