Jun 24 2011
"Up to five million people in Pakistan are at risk from floods this year, partly due to poor reconstruction and the inadequate rehabilitation of survivors who are still reeling from last year's epic deluge, the U.N. said on Wednesday," Reuters reports.
"Since the beginning of March, we have been in close contact with the government to make sure response is up and running and that we are better prepared this year," Manuel Bessler, head of the U.N. emergencies office (OCHA) in Pakistan, said, adding, "The most anticipated scenario is two million affectees and the worst case scenario is five million. We are prepared for these two scenarios" (Bhalla, 6/22).
In related coverage, the Christian Science Monitor examines Pakistan's preparedness for the upcoming monsoon season (Ahmed, 6/22).
 This article was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent news service, is a program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health care policy research organization unaffiliated with Kaiser Permanente.
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