Table 1.
Reported disease volumes, pre and post flood 2022.
Disease volumes | Cases before floods Q1–Q2 2022 |
Cases during/after floods Q3–Q4 2022 |
% Increase |
---|---|---|---|
Diarrhoea/dysentery <5 years | 992,454 | 1,499,022 | 51 |
Diarrhoea/dysentery >5 years | 807,573 | 1,329,943 | 65 |
Acute (upper) respiratory infections | 4,041,112 | 5,352,703 | 33 |
Malaria | 691,197 | 2,615,745 | 278 |
Dengue | 2857 | 27,377 | 858 |
Skin infections | 1,660,346 | 2,878,433 | 73 |
Conjunctivitis | 225,257 | 264,422 | 17 |
Source: Annual District Health Information System Report, Department of Health Sindh Pakistan.