More than 0.5m pregnant women in Pakistan desperately need care in flood-hit areas

Flood affected people walk on a temporary bamboo path near their flooded house in Shikarpur of Sindh province on August 29, 2022. (AFP)

 

August 31: Geo News reported that the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), a sexual and reproductive health agency, has highlighted the affliction of Pakistani women caused by the catastrophic floods, saying that over half a million pregnant women in the flood-hit areas are in dire need of maternal health services while many other are at an increased risk of gender-based violence (GBV). Read more I