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Disease, hunger “alarmingly high” in drought-hit Pakistan, says Red Cross

Thomson Reuters Foundation One of the worst droughts in Pakistan’s history has triggered “alarmingly high” levels of malnutrition and disease in the hardest hit areas where people have been forced to drink salty or contaminated water, the Red Cross said on Friday. Women, especially those pregnant or breastfeeding, and children are particularly vulnerable to diarrhoea, […]