Cotton crops are submerged in floodwaters in Sindh province, Pakistan Source: AAP / Pervez Masih/AP
The UN has issued another urgent appeal for funds to help families in flood-hit Pakistan - as doctors face what it describes as a 'public health emergency'. More than 1700 people have died, including nearly 600 children, in severe flooding which hit the areas in Southern Pakistan, since mid-June. The UN now says it urgently needs over eight hundred million dollars
The UN has issued another urgent appeal for funds to help families in flood-hit Pakistan - as doctors face what it describes as a 'public health emergency'. More than 1700 people have died, including nearly 600 children, in severe flooding which hit the areas in Southern Pakistan, since mid-June. The UN now says it urgently needs over eight hundred million dollars
This item was first produced for the BBC World Service.
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