TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Availability of medical supplies during the 2010 Pakistan floods
JO  - Lancet global health
A1  - Tordrup, David
A1  - Ahmed, Waqas
A1  - Bukhari, Khalid Saeed
A1  - Kanavos, Panos
SP  - e13
EP  - e14
VL  - 1
IS  - 1
N2  - Access to essential medicines can be a formidable challenge in the wake of natural disasters where supply chains and health services might be severely affected. The devastating floods in Pakistan in 2010 affected most of the country from north to south, displacing more than 20 million people and damaging over 500 health facilities. This immense natural disaster, covering 2·4 million hectares of land at its highest, posed a substantial challenge to the provision of health services from the first rains in July until the flood waters receded in January the following year.    In response to the flood, the WHO Pakistan Health Cluster established a coordinating body in Islamabad and set up regional hubs to provide essential medicines to affected populations, engaging 69 implementing partners from various non-governmental organisations. Almost 1200 mobile and 165 static health facilities in the four affected regions were established.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2214-109X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70040-8
ID  - ref1
ER  -