Pakistan Floods: Map of Médecins Sans Frontières response

Recent heavy rainfall in Pakistan's north-western region has caused the most severe flooding the country has seen in over 80 years, destroying buildings and infrastructure. Over 13 million people have been affected.

Médecins Sans Frontières has been working in Pakistan for over 10 years and our teams who were already in the country were able to respond rapidly to the floods.  This included expanding our response to a cholera outbreak which had begun some weeks earlier.  Within days of the first floods, we set up three additional temporary cholera treatment centres in Swat, Lower Dir and Dargai districts. 

We are also working hard to prevent further outbreaks of cholera from occurring by providing water and other essential items. Currently, more than 100 international staff are working alongside 1,200 Pakistani staff.

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