Over 3.5m face risk of diseases, says PM

disease-pmISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that more than 3.5 million children in flood-affected areas are at risk of cholera, diarrhoea, malaria and gastroenteritis.

They are not only facing the difficulties of daily life but are dangerously exposed to health hazards. 
Addressing a meeting of national health agencies and donors here on Tuesday, he said all the agencies concerned needed remain on alert against epidemics. 

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