Half a million individuals affected in province
Extreme weather events are overwhelming health services, displacing communities and causing upsurges in infection
Health dept sets up wards for disease at all govt hospitals
Cases rose four-fold to 1.6 million in Pakistan after devastating floods last year, says WHO
Lakki Marwat carries greatest burden of disease with 1,117 cases
2,434 cases reported in a day in six districts
Hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the floods were living in the open
Risk of waterborne diseases like dengue and malaria grows exponentially
Health authorities in Third World countries confronted with issue of funding for the vaccine
WHO says it was 'recommending the broad use of the world's first malaria vaccine'