Waterborne diseases spread among children, women as floods death toll surpasses 1,500.

KARACHI/ISLAMABAD/ QUETTA -- Many children and womAen are rapidly becoming more vulnerable as tens of thousands of people suffer from infectious and water-borne disAeases in flood-hit counAtry as the total death toll from the unprecedentAed flooding surpassed 1,500 on Friday.

As flood waters begin to drain away, which ofAficials say may take two to six months in differAent areas, the flooded regions are becoming infested with diseases including malaria, denAgue fever, diarrhoea and skin problems, the Sindh provincial govAernment said in a reAport issued on Friday. It said more than 90,000 people were treated on Thursday alone in the province, which has been the hardest hit by the cataclysmic floods.

The report said that 17,977 cases of diarArhoea and 20,064 skin disease cases were reAported on Thursday, alongside 28 cases of dengue. A total of 2.3 million patients have been treated since July 1 in the field and moAbile hospitals set up in the flooded region. The report confirmed 588 malaria cases with anAother 10,604 suspectAed cases, in addition to the 17,977 diarrhoea and 20,064 skin disease cases reported on Thursday. A toAtal of 2.3 million patients had been treated since July 1 in the field and mobile hospitals set up in the floodAed region.

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Further, the National Disaster ManAagement Authority (NDMA) said 22 flood-related deaths were reported over the last 24 hours. Since June 14, 1,508 people died. In its daily situaAtion report, the NDMA also said nine individuals were injured in flood-reAlated incidents during the last 24 hours, taking the total to 12,758. ReAcent floods, brought by record monAsoon rains and glacial melt in northAern mountains, have also swept away homes, vehicles, crops and livestock in damage estimated at $30 billion.

Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman on Friday met Japanese Ambassador Mitsuhiro Wada and apprised him of the devasAtation caused by the floods...