Alarming Updates from UNICEF Pakistan on 2012 Floods: Needs and Response 19 – 28 September 2012

UNICEF Pakistan Update: 2012 Floods: Needs and Response 19 – 28 September 2012 | ReliefWeb

SITUATION OVERVIEW
Initial findings from the Multi-Sector Initial Rapid Assessment (MIRA) interviews with key informants in the five worst affected districts state that:

• More than 90% of key informants highlighted the issue of malaria and diarrhoea in their communities;
• 57% are practicing open defecation;
• 44% are using drinking water that does not appear clean;
• Only 15% have adequate access to sanitation/bathing facilities for women and girls;
• 91% of the affected population have reduced their meals by one or two meals each day;
• 74% of girls/75% of boys are no longer attending school;
• 55% of children have lost or damaged their educational materials;
• 5% of respondents reported unaccompanied children in the flood affected areas;
• 4% of flood affected households are female headed and 2% are child headed households.