A significant rise in the instances of malaria and tuberculosis has been reported in Pakistan, affecting mainly the country’s low-income communities, as a result of recent devastating floods.
The information was disclosed during the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual conference in Davos by the head of the world’s largest health fund. Climate change has been identified as a contributing factor, as it is causing an increase in malaria infections and altering the geographical distribution of mosquitoes.
Peter Sands, the executive director of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, highlighted that extreme weather conditions, including floods in Pakistan and cyclones in Mozambique, are leaving less fortunate populations exposed and vulnerable to these diseases.
