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, […]
VACCINATIONS: FAITH IS NO EXCUSE FOR SKIPPING SHOTS, SAYS US MED SCHOOL PROFESSOR
TRACEY SIMMONS, of Religion News Service, reports from the US on the fight over vaccinations – and its intersection with faith…