More than 0.5m pregnant women in Pakistan desperately need care in flood-hit areas
Displaced women wade through a flooded area after heavy monsoon rainfall in Rajanpur district of Punjab province on August 25, 2022. — AFP Over half million pregnant women in Pakistan need maternal care. Countless girls at increased risk of gender-based violence. Up to 73,000 women expected to deliver next month need birth care, and support. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), a sexual and reproductive health agency, has highlighted the affliction of Pakistani women caused by the catastrophic floods, saying that over half a million pregnant women in the flood-hit areas are in dire need of maternal health services while many other are at an increased risk of gender-based violence (GBV). At least 6.4 million people require humanitarian assistance after being hit by the floods triggered by the recent torrential monsoon rains and 1.6 million of them are women and girls. "Up to 73,000 women expected to deliver next month will need skilled birth attendants, newborn c