At least one seventh of the world’s population, living in 149 countries and territories, are affected by Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), including roughly 800 million children. In Pakistan, the 2010 and 2011 outbreaks of Dengue – declared by WHO in January 2013 as the world’s ‘fastest-spreading NTD’ – were a stark illustration of the challenges […]
Investing in water and sanitation has huge health and economic benefits
In 2012, the Ministry of Environment (now Ministry of Climate Change) and UNICEF Pakistan launched a sector review report of water and sanitation in Pakistan. This review was an eye opener for us! Do you know that an estimated 25 million children and 50 million adults suffer from diarrhoeal morbidity annually in Pakistan? A further […]
