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Pakistan floods: UN issues urgent appeal over ‘public health emergency’ – BBC News


The United Nations has issued an urgent appeal for funds to help families in flood-hit Pakistan to cope with the “public health emergency”. 

More than 1700 people have died, including nearly 600 children, and thousands more were injured as the floodwaters rose. 

With the floods not expected to recede for many months, life-threatening water borne diseases are on the rise.

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