Pakistan: 2022 Monsoon Floods - Situation Report No. 12 (As of 5 December 2022)

HIGHLIGHTS

• An estimated 240,000 people remain displaced from their homes in Sindh Province.

• Cases of malaria, cholera, acute watery diarrhea, and dengue are decreasing, but continue to be worrying in some of the flood affected districts. Lack of medicine is also reported in some remote health facilities.

• Deteriorating food insecurity will push additional 1.1 million people into IPC 4 (emergency phase) in early 2023.

• Life-saving humanitarian assistance reaches more than 4.7 million people by mid-November.

• National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) holds first winter contingency and preparedness planning conference in Islamabad.

SITUATION OVERVIEW

Floodwaters continue to recede in many flood-affected areas across Pakistan. However, standing flood waters continue t be reported in Dadu, Kambar, Shahdad Kot, Khairpur, Mirpur Khas, Jamshoro, Sanghar, Umer Kot, Badin, Shaheed Benazir Abad and Naushahro Feroze districts in Sindh and Sohbatpur and Jaffarabad districts in Balochistan. United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) imagery indicates an estimated 8 million people still potentially exposed to floodwaters or living close to flooded areas.

According to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority of Sindh, over 240,000 people remain displaced in the province as of 3 December, down from 6.5 million in early September. Nearly 90% of flood-displaced people are reportedly with host communities, while the remaining are in tent cities and relief camps. While receding flood waters have allowed millions of people to go home, there are reports of significant service gaps in areas of return, in addition to extensive impacts to homes, agriculture, and livelihoods.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), cases of malaria, cholera, acute watery diarrheal diseases, and dengue fever are declining in most of the flood-affected districts. Overall, malaria cases have reduced to around 50,000 from over 100,000 confirmed cases in early October. Malaria cases have declined by 25% in Balochistan, 58% in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and 67% in Sindh provinces. However, high malaria and cholera cases are still being reported in some pocket districts in Sindh and Balochistan where standing water remains. In November 2022, around 70 suspected cases of Diphtheria were reported from the flood-affected provinces of KP, Sindh, and Punjab.