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Dear Friend,
Unusually heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan have left one-third of the country underwater and impacted the lives of over 33 million people in a country whose health system has long struggled to meet the overwhelming need for care.
With more than 1,800 staff currently active in the country—97 percent of whom are locally hired—Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was able to quickly respond to the crisis, putting Aid First for patients in need. But the destruction caused by the floods was only the first obstacle we faced; since August, MSF staff on the ground have seen a spike in mosquito- and water-borne diseases like malaria and dengue fever as a direct result of the flooding.
The situation we see unfolding in Pakistan is just one symptom of a much larger problem: climate change is making extreme weather like this more and more frequent—and the countries that are least equipped to deal with the consequences are the ones that are the most affected.
We rely on the generous support of our donors to ensure we can stay prepared to respond to climate-induced disasters like these and more. But with extreme weather becoming more common in the places we work, we anticipate that the need for our care will only grow in the future. We need your help to stay prepared for the unexpected.
In response to severe flooding in Pakistan, MSF teams conducted more than 10,000 medical consultations, distributed more than 5,000 non-food item kits, and provided over 300,000 liters of clean drinking water. But needs remain high, and we’re seeing in other countries how climate-change-induced extreme weather is putting millions of people at risk:
In Honduras, cases of climate-sensitive dengue fever have risen as climate change has encouraged the local population of mosquitos to grow and spread;
In Cameroon, a series of failed rainy seasons and subsequent drought have contributed to a dual rise in malnutrition and malaria, two issues that feed into and exacerbate one another;
In Haiti, environmental factors are fueling an alarming increase in new cases of cholera—a climate-sensitive disease.
People in many of these countries are also experiencing armed conflict, cutting off their access to health care. Many are already living in places with limited healthcare infrastructure, and are contending with extreme weather, which has caused their health systems to buckle—threatening people’s lives, health, and livelihoods.
We need your support to respond to and continue the lifesaving work MSF teams are doing in more than 70 countries. Here’s how you can help—with double the impact:
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