Pakistan: To avert ‘second wave of death’, UN raises funding appeal to $816 million

Julien Harneis,

, told journalists in Geneva on Monday that there would be an increase in child morbidity, disease outbreaks such as malaria, dengue fever, and increased malnutrition, unless assistance was forthcoming.

The Government needs support to bolster health, nutrition, water and sanitation services across the affected areas of the country, he said.

The flooding has affected 33 million people,…