Huge surge in malaria, TB in Pakistan after floods

The devastating floods of 2022 have caused a significant increase in the number of cases of malaria and tuberculosis in Pakistan among the poorest people of the nation.
The executive director of the largest health fund in the world revealed the report on Monday at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual conference in Davos, Switzerland.

According to Peter Sands, executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, climate change is increasing the number of the mosquito borne infections. He also said that there has been a rise in malaria infections, following the recent floods in Pakistan and storms in Mozambique in 2021.

Poorer communities are more vulnerable as a result of the rise in extreme weather occurrences and the stagnant water that persist after such events.

He said that mosquito habitats were shifting as a result of climate change. A change in the low temperatures that historically rendered the region unsustainable for mosquitoes has led to malaria becoming more prevalent in the highlands of Africa, particularly in Kenya and Ethiopia.

In some of the world’s poorest countries, Sands oversees the largest global fund, which provides aid in the fight against tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV/AIDS.

He said that mosquito habitats were shifting as a result of climate change. A change in the low temperatures that historically rendered the region unsustainable for mosquitoes has led to malaria becoming more prevalent in the highlands of Africa, particularly in Kenya and Ethiopia.
In some of the world’s poorest countries, Sands oversees the largest global fund, which provides aid in the fight against tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV/AIDS.