U.S. Medical Teams Providing Aid To Flood-Affected

September 9, 2010

Islamabad - The United States Government is funding a non - governmental organization that is staffing 26 mobile medical teams, including 18 teams operating in Nowshera, Charsadda and Peshawar districts, and eight teams operating in Kohat and Hangu districts.  Each mobile health team includes one doctor, one lady health worker (LHW), one dispenser, one health educator and one psychosocial counselor.  This USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development) partner also is operating two diarrhea treatment centers in Mardan district and one at the district headquarters hospital in Nowshera.

Since August 2, these medical teams have conducted a total of 28,551 patient consultations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, including 1,701 consultations conducted on September 3.  On September 3, the teams treated 190 patients with acute watery diarrhea.  The psychosocial support teams also are treating flood-affected people for stress, anxiety, depression and insomnia.

The United States has provided more than $258 million (21.93 billion rupees) in emergency humanitarian assistance to the people of Pakistan to date.  The U.S. also has provided other civilian and military in-kind assistance in the form of halal meals, pre-fabricated steel bridges and other infrastructure support, as well as air support to and within Pakistan to transport goods and rescue people, valued at approximately $28 million (2.38 billion rupees).