Malaria

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'