Islamabad: PakistanThe U.S. health ministry on Tuesday approved the purchase of more than 6 million mosquito nets from India as the country scrambles to contain the spread of malaria and other vector-borne diseases due to unprecedented flooding, according to a media report on Tuesday. according.
World Health Organization (WHOAccording to Geo.TV, Pakistan is using the financial resources provided by the Global Fund to acquire the net.
WHO officials said they are planning to get mosquito nets at the earliest and hope to get these via the Wagah route by next month, the report said.
Unprecedented rains since mid-June have caused severe flooding in Pakistan, killing more than 1,700 people, displacing 33 million and submerging a third of the country.
In September, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that an increase in diseases such as malaria could lead to a “second disaster”.
Last week, the WHO warned of 2.7 million malaria cases in 32 flood-hit Pakistan districts by January 2023.
“Malaria is spreading rapidly in 32 flood-affected districts of the country, where thousands of children are infected with the mosquito-borne disease,” officials said.
The report said that Pakistan’s health ministry had last month sought permission from India to buy mosquito nets.
The official said that he had requested the Global Fund for provision of mosquito nets for the 26 worst-affected districts of Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan, where cases of Plasmodium falciparum were reported.
In response, it offered to buy these nets from India if the government of Pakistan approved such a move.
Relations between India and Pakistan have been strained over cross-border terrorism emanating from Kashmir and Pakistan.
Bilateral ties came to an end after India abrogated Article 370 of the Constitution, revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated the state into two union territories on August 5, 2019.
Following India’s decision, Pakistan downgraded diplomatic relations with New Delhi and expelled the Indian envoy.
Since then trade relations between Pakistan and India have remained largely frozen.
World Health Organization (WHOAccording to Geo.TV, Pakistan is using the financial resources provided by the Global Fund to acquire the net.
WHO officials said they are planning to get mosquito nets at the earliest and hope to get these via the Wagah route by next month, the report said.
Unprecedented rains since mid-June have caused severe flooding in Pakistan, killing more than 1,700 people, displacing 33 million and submerging a third of the country.
In September, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that an increase in diseases such as malaria could lead to a “second disaster”.
Last week, the WHO warned of 2.7 million malaria cases in 32 flood-hit Pakistan districts by January 2023.
“Malaria is spreading rapidly in 32 flood-affected districts of the country, where thousands of children are infected with the mosquito-borne disease,” officials said.
The report said that Pakistan’s health ministry had last month sought permission from India to buy mosquito nets.
The official said that he had requested the Global Fund for provision of mosquito nets for the 26 worst-affected districts of Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan, where cases of Plasmodium falciparum were reported.
In response, it offered to buy these nets from India if the government of Pakistan approved such a move.
Relations between India and Pakistan have been strained over cross-border terrorism emanating from Kashmir and Pakistan.
Bilateral ties came to an end after India abrogated Article 370 of the Constitution, revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated the state into two union territories on August 5, 2019.
Following India’s decision, Pakistan downgraded diplomatic relations with New Delhi and expelled the Indian envoy.
Since then trade relations between Pakistan and India have remained largely frozen.