Pakistan 2016: Drought, malnutrition in Tharparkar - 500 deaths, mostly children

[Ronan Kelly]

See also FluTrackers thread from 2014 Pakistan - Drought, Malnutrition in Tharparkar - 650 fatalities


Death toll in Thar rises to 55 in 18 days
Web Desk 6 days ago

MITHI: A Five month baby girl on Monday has died in Civil Hospital Mithi, Capital of Tharparkar, after an outbreak of water borne and Food shortage diseases which has claimed the lives of at least 55 children in the last 18 days,TheNewstribe.com reported.

Another child?s death in Mithi?s civil hospital rising the death toll of children to 55 in last 18 days, Also, some children have been transferred to Hyderabad in very critical condition.

Innocent children of Thar paying the price of the negligence of government authorities with their lives in the desert region of Sindh. Malnutrition, lack of healthcare facilities and scarcity of water are some factors pushing the children towards death.
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http://www.thenewstribe.com/2016/01/18/death-toll-in-thar-rises-to-55-in-18-days/

Three more die in Thar as death toll hits 63

January 19, 2016 @ 12:56 PM by Web Desk
MITHI: Three more children died due to malnutrition and shortage of food in Sindh?s arid region of Tharparkar, ARY News reported.


At least 63 children have died due to lack of food supply and malnutrition.

The shortage of medicine in the government run hospitals is also proving to a factor in the death of the children.

Sindh Government, on the other hand, has claimed that they are not responsible for the fatalities in the district.
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http://arynews.tv/en/three-more-die-in-thar-as-death-toll-hits-63/

Thar: Death toll rises to 72 in January
Web Desk 4 days ago
Four more children die of malnutrition in Tharparkar|TheNewsTribe.com


MITHI: At least four children on Wednesday have died in Civil Hospital Mithi, Capital of Tharparkar, after an outbreak of water borne and Food shortage diseases which has claimed the lives of at least 72 children in January,TheNewstribe.com reported.

Another 4 deaths in Mithi?s civil hospital rising the death toll of children to 72 in last 20 days, Also, some children have been transferred to Hyderabad in very critical condition.

Innocent children of Thar paying the price of the negligence of government authorities with their lives in the desert region of Sindh. Malnutrition, lack of healthcare facilities and scarcity of water are some factors pushing the children towards death.
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http://www.thenewstribe.com/2016/01/20/thar-death-toll-rises-to-72-in-january/

Death toll mounts to 75 as seven more die in famine-struck Thar
Last Updated On 21 January,2016 12:36 pm

The plight of children in southern Sindh province highlights provincial government's incompetence.
THARPARKAR (Dunya News) ? Death toll in Thar rises to 75 in just 21 days as two more innocent lives die of famine on Thursday.

Four-days-old child of Haneef Somro in Mathrio village, newborn baby of Mitthan in Waghu Bajeer village, one-year-old in Dhabro Junejo village, three-days-old in Diplo and three-year-old in Shadi Rand village died in the Civil hospital.

However; the mobile teams formed by the Sindh government have yet not reached the far flung areas.

Hunger continued to claim lives in Thar as children keep on to suffer depravation of food and water in Mitthi while the relief activities in the area remain suspended.
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http://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/318789-Death-toll-mounts-to-75-as-seven-more-die-in-famin

Thar children death toll mounts to 78
THARPARKAR (Thexbro News) ? Death toll rises to 78 in the first 21 days of the New Year 2016 in Thar, Pakistan, as two more innocent lives die of famine on Thursday.

The mobile teams formed by the Provincial government have failed to reach the far hit areas yet.

Hunger has continued to claim lives in Thar as children keep on suffering from deprivation of food and water in Mitthi, a small city in Rural Sindh Province of Pakistan. The relief activities in this city remain suspended due to negligence of government.
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http://thexbro.com/thar-children-death/

Nine more children die in Thar, drought toll hits 100
HANIF SAMOON ? PUBLISHED 2 DAYS AGO

MITHI: At least nine more children and a mother, who had just given birth to her baby, lost their lives in the drought-hit Thar desert on Thursday, raising the death toll to 100 this month.

The outbreak of water-borne diseases and malnutrition teamed up with the cold weather caused the children to lose their lives in different areas of the district.

Three infants Mithan Bajeer, Bilawal Khokhar and Ismail Junejo died in Civil Hospital Mithi, while four year-old Rubina and an year-old female child lost their lives in Shadi Rind Chhachhro and Dabro Junejo Mukhtara villages respectively.
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http://www.dawn.com/news/1234455

Seven More Children Die Due To Malnutrition In Thar
January 23, 2016, By ONLINE 2
Seven more children die due to malnutrition in Thar
THARPARKAR: Seven more children have died due to malnutrition in Tharparkar and the death toll has climbed to 101 in January 2016.

According to details, seven more children died on Saturday. Five toddlers died at Mithi Civil Hospital while two toddlers died at Umarkhot Civil hospital, respectively.
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- See more at: http://www.geo.tv/latest/100543-Seve....xARKEu3d.dpuf

[Ronan Kelly]

Media is misreporting Thar deaths: Sindh health minister
HANIF SAMOON ? UPDATED A DAY AGO
Doctors in Thar are complaining that the media is reporting incorrect facts and figures about deaths in the region," says health minister. – photo by author
"Doctors in Thar are complaining that the media is reporting incorrect facts and figures about deaths in the region," says health minister. ? photo by author
KARACHI: As reports of deaths in Tharparkar crossed the hundred mark, Sindh Health Minister Jam Mehtab Dahar on Monday said the media is 'misreporting' the number of children's deaths in the drought-hit region.

Official estimates record the death toll at 112, with over 100 deaths reported in January alone. But Jam Mehtab maintains the number of deaths is far less.

"In the past month, only 32 children have died," he said. "Doctors in Thar are complaining that the media is reporting incorrect facts and figures about deaths in the region."
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Currently, there are only 141 doctors and only 14 ambulances serving 265 ?functional? health units in Thar. Out of these, the health department manages only 92 health units, including six rural health centers, four taluka hospitals, a few dispensaries and the Civil Hospital of Mithi.

But many others are in shambles. The government?s tall claims of providing healthcare facilities to nearly 1.5 million people are questionable, since many of these facilities are left closed and unattended. Dispensaries and Basic Health Units (BHUs) are often bolted shut, and patients cannot go inside.

In some cases, patients are forced to sit on the floor since there is no proper seating arrangement or furniture. The shortage of lady doctors is also a problem for many villagers, especially women with young children.
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No clean drinking water
Dr Mohan Lal, a child specialist in Mithi Civil Hospital, said waterborne diseases related to dysentery, typhoid, diarrhea and gastro have directly lead to an increase in child deaths.
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http://www.dawn.com/news/1235306

Behind Tharparkar?s death toll

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Sidrah Roghay in Editors Pick, Latest, National, Sindh

by Naveed Butt

MITHI: Poverty, early marriages, nutrition, preterm births, lack of awareness, education and drought are main reasons of the death of children in desert areas of Tharparkar of Sindh. Weight of most new-born babies, being admitted to District Headquarter Civil Hospital in Mithi for treatment, is 500 grams to two kg. The District Headquarter Civil Hospital in Mithi serves about one million inhabitants of Thar, coming from villages and towns, large and small. There is a facility of 13 ventilators in Mithi Civil Hospital.
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Dr Shocker Mohan Lal of Mithi Hospital told the journalists of Islamabad who came to visit the hospital that most of preterm babies are admitted to the hospital in serious condition. He said that the main reasons of death of new-born babies are due to no proper family planning, hygienic condition and no proper rest of mothers. He said that a mother has eight to ten children and she looks after her family, cattle and works in the fields. He said that most of mothers of far-flung areas give birth to preterm babies due to lack of proper rest. He said that 50 % preterm babies whose weight from 500 grams to 600 grams is not able to survive.
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Commissioner Mirpurkhas Shafique Mehar briefing the journalists of Islamabad said that as many as 326 children have died in 2014, 398 in 2015 and 29 children till date 20-1-2016. He said that as many as 26 children died in Mithi hospital and 3 in other hospitals. He said that there are several reasons of death of new-born babies including early marriages, multiple pregnancies (birth asphyxia, severe pneumonia, neonatal sepsis, respiratory distress syndrome etc).
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http://aaj.tv/2016/01/behind-tharparkars-death-toll/

Four more children die of malnutrition in Thar

January 24, 2016 News Desk News
Thar children deaths


THARPARKAR: At least four more children died in famine-hit Tharparkar, taking the death toll in the district to 113 during the current month.
As per details, a two-year-old child died in Diplo today due to malnutrition. He was taken to a hospital in Mithi, but could not survive. The number of deaths this month has reached 113.
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http://thepioneer.com.pk/four-more-children-die-of-malnutrition-in-thar-2/

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Two children die from malnutrition, death toll reaches to 130 in Thar
24.01.2016, 10:41am , اتوار (GMT+1)

Two more children were died from diarrhea and malnutrition in Tharparkar, death toll has reached to 130 during a month in Thar.However, diarrhea outbreak is out of control in Umerkot.During a month, 32 children have lost their lives in the district of Umerkot
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http://www.aalmiakhbar.com/index.php?mod=article&cat=Pak,India,Gulf&article=56383

[Ronan Kelly]

Thar: Death toll rises to 113 in January
Web Desk 22 days ago Pakistan, Sindh

Four more children die of malnutrition in Tharparkar|TheNewsTribe.com


MITHI: At least three children on Sunday have died in Civil Hospital Mithi, Capital of Tharparkar, after an outbreak of water borne and Food shortage diseases which has claimed the lives of at least 113 children in January,TheNewstribe.com reported.

Another 4 deaths in Mithi?s civil hospital rising the death toll of children to 113 in last 31 days, Also, some children have been transferred to Hyderabad in very critical condition.
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http://www.thenewstribe.com/2016/01/31/thar-death-toll-rises-to-113-in-january/

DEATH TOLL IN THAR RISES TO 173
Last Updated On 09 February,2016 About 2 weeks ago

More than 95 children are under treatment in different hospitals
Dunya News Report (Jibran Dost)

THARPARKAR: Five more children have died last week after an outbreak of water borne and food shortage diseases hit Tharparkar, raising the death toll to 173 since the beginning of January.
At the same time, more than 95 children are under treatment in different hospitals and more than 20 children have died of malnutrition.
Lack of government response, lack of health care facilities and scarcity of water are amongst the major reasons for the deaths in Thar.
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http://dunyanews.tv/en/SpecialReport/321902-DEATH-TOLL-IN-THAR-RISES-TO-173

Famine engulfs four more lives in Thar, death toll mounts to 172 in 49 days
Last Updated On 18 February,2016 03:44 pm

Malnourished families have started migrating to Badin and other areas.
THARPARKAR (Dunya News) ? At least four more children lost their lives in the drought-hit Thar Desert on Thursday, raising the death toll to 172 in 49 days while more than 250 children have been admitted to several hospitals of the district for treatment.

Two children died at Civil Hospital Mithi, while two others lost lives in Nagarparkar and its adjoining area. The deceased included an eight-month-old Yaqoob, one-year-old Sunita and two infants.
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http://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/323467-Famine-engulfs-four-more-lives-in-Thar-death-toll

Thar: Death toll rises to 56 in February
in Pakistan 2016-02-21 18:52:42 291 Views

Thar: Death toll rises to 56 in February
MITHI (APP):Two more children on Sunday have died in Civil Hospital Mithi, Capital of Tharparkar, after an outbreak of water borne and Food shortage diseases which has claimed the lives of at least 56 children during February while 34 others are still getting treatment in hospitals.
Another three deaths in Mithi?s civil hospital rising the death toll of children to 56 in february, Also, some children have been transferred to Hyderabad in very critical condition.
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http://www.thefrontierpost.com/article/375171/thar-death-toll-rises-to-56-in-february/

[Ronan Kelly]

Thar: Death toll rises to 183 this year
Web Desk 7 hours ago Health, Pakistan, Sindh

MITHI: Three more children on Sunday have died in Civil Hospital Mithi, Capital of Tharparkar, after an outbreak of water borne and Food shortage diseases which has claimed the lives of at least 183 children during last two months, while 34 others are still getting treatment in hospitals, TheNewstribe.com reported.

Another three deaths in Mithi?s civil hospital rising the death toll of children to 183 this year, also, some children have been transferred to Hyderabad in very critical condition.
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http://www.thenewstribe.com/2016/02/28/thar-death-toll-rises-to-183-this-year/

Tharparkar: ?Child mortality not linked to malnutrition?
ETPB chairman says premature birth, low weight, pneumonia, diarrhea, cardiac ailments also causing deaths
APP
February 28, 2016, 1:36 pm

MITHI - Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) Chairman Siddiqueul Farooque on Sunday said that child mortality in Tharparkar was not linked to malnutrition but there were other reasons causing deaths, including premature birth, low weight, pneumonia, diarrhea, cardiac ailments and other medical conditions.

Talking to reporters during his visit to Civil Hospital here in Mithi, he expressed satisfaction over the provision of health care and other medical facilities at the hospital. He said that basic health and other facilities were available at the hospital and patients were being treated in a better manner.

Farooque said that there were a lot of problems in Tharparkar and his team was on a detailed visit to the area to ascertain the core issues, their causes, and would try to find out sustainable solution to those problems.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/national/28-Feb-2016/tharparkar-child-mortality-not-linked-to-malnutrition

[Ronan Kelly]

184 children die in Thar in two months
February 29, 2016, 3:54 pm SHARE :

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MITHI: One more child died due to malnutrition in drought-hit Tharparkar today, raising the death toll 184 in the first two months of current year.

The deaths caused by malnutrition continued in Tharparkar as one more child died at Mithi Civil Hospital. More than 46 children suffering from various diseases caused by malnutrition are being treated at the hospital.
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http://nation.com.pk/national/29-Feb-2016/184-children-die-in-thar-in-two-months

Visiting federal team finds Sindh govt?s measures in Thar ineffective
A CORRESPONDENT ? UPDATED MAR 01, 2016 10:43AM

MITHI: A two-member fact-finding team sent to Tharparkar by the federal government has expressed its dissatisfaction over the measures taken so far by the provincial government to ensure proper supply of food and water as well as availability of healthcare facilities to the people affected by a drought-like situation in parts of the district.

After visiting Islamkot, Nagarparkar, Dahli, Chhacchro talukas and remote villages of the district over the past few days, the team comprising Federal Minister of State Siddique-al-Farooque and MNA Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani observed that the situation had already led to the death of a large number of children below the age of five and some expectant mothers.
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The team claimed that scores of the reverse osmosis (RO) plants installed to ensure availability of drinking water to residents of various villages were found lying out of order during its visit.
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Meanwhile, six more children affected by malnutrition and related diseases were reported dead in various areas of Tharparkar on Sunday night and Monday taking the unofficial death toll within the last two months to 245.
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Contradicting the figure of 245 quoted by independent sources being the death toll over the past two months, district health officer Dr Arjan Das put it at 93.

Published in Dawn, March 1st, 2016

http://www.dawn.com/news/1242711

Tharparkar failing

By Arshad MahmoodPublished: March 2, 2016

The writer is a human rights activist and development practitioner with a Masters in Human Rights from the London School of Economics.
He tweets @amahmood72

In the past few years it has become a norm that a few hundred newborn babies and infants will inevitably die in Sindh?s beautiful Tharparkar desert every year. Conflicting figures are quoted in the media and by government functionaries, about the number of deaths and their causes. Even if one fully agrees with the official version, unfortunately, there are no visible actions on part of the government of Sindh or the federal government to tackle the deadly issue on sustainable basis. As a result, we see the inhabitants of Mithi offering special prayers in temples amid a rising death toll of children and their helplessness in the face of it. Irrespective of the fact of whether 200-plus children died in the past 50 odd days or 75 newborns and infants breathed their last in Tharparkar?s hospitals, even a single preventable death is criminal. Why are we unable to respond to this situation?
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The nutrition challenge facing Sindh is substantial. Sindh has a dangerously high rate of nutritional stunting among children under the age of 5 (49.8 per cent) as compared to 43.7 per cent of the national average. The prevalence of underweight children is 40.5 per cent as compared to 31.5 per cent of the national average, while wasting prevalence is 17.5 per cent as compared to 15.1 per cent of the national average. As per the World Health Organisation?s standards, a national average of 15 per cent or above is labeled an ?emergency?. These figures have not changed significantly in the past decade and require special attention at all levels. I believe the figures in Thar region will be even worse than the provincial figures for Sindh.

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http://tribune.com.pk/story/1058137/tharparkar-failing/

Pakistan Army distributes 25 tons of rations in Thar
Web Desk
March 05, 2016, 10:37 pm

THARPARKAR - The Pakistan Army distributed 25 tons of rations among the affected people of Chachro in district Tharparkar in a two-day long relief operation.

According to the Inter-Services Public Relations, besides provision of rations the army doctors also treated over 1,200 patients at the medical camp. Over the last year the Pakistan Army has distributed 574 tons of rations among 36,000 families and has treated over 40,000 patients.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/national/05-Mar-2016/pakistan-army-distributes-25-tons-of-rations-in-thar

[Ronan Kelly]

Comment - Please follow the link - the article is worth reading in full. - Ro
Let them die

By Kamal SiddiqiPublished: March 13, 2016

The writer is Editor of The Express Tribune
In February, health officials of the Sindh government confirmed the death of a total of 143 children aged up to five years in Tharparkar district because of malnutrition and other causes since October last year.

This is a tragedy. What is shameful is the fact that Tharparkar is a Hindu dominated area of the country. Possibly that is why it is being neglected. In a report compiled by the Sindh government?s health department, the death toll during January in Thar has been put at 40. The official figures show that 31 children died in October, 28 in November and 44 in December last year.

Now let us compare this to the findings of our civil society. According to them, the death toll since January has risen to over 190 children. This is based on information gathered by journalists from parents, villagers and elected local bodies representatives. By exposing the lie of the Sindh government, now journalists are being taken to task by government officials.
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http://tribune.com.pk/story/1065064/let-them-die/

Human rights commission expresses concern over Thar situation
HANIF SAMOON ? PUBLISHED MAR 10, 2016 08:51PM

MITHI: The members of National Commission For Human Rights (NCHR) visited Thar and expressed dissatisfaction over the worsening situation of the masses living in the drought hit district of Sindh province on Thursday.

NCHR members Justice (retd) Ali Nawaz Chohan, Anees Haroon along with other NRCP members told local journalists at Thar Press Club that due to droughts and the subsequent callousness on the part of the concerned functionaries, "situation in the district is worsening and is set to assume an alarming proportion".
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http://www.dawn.com/news/1244791

Another child dies, death toll reaches 200 in Tharparkar
March 10, 2016, 3:16 pm SHARE :

Tharparkar: Another child died of malnutrition today in Tharparkar, bringing the death toll to 200 in the last three months.

The deaths caused by malnutrition and water-borne diseases could not be stopped in the deserted district as another child died in Civil Hospital Mithi today.
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http://nation.com.pk/national/10-Mar-2016/another-child-dies-death-toll-reaches-200-in-tharparkar

[Ronan Kelly]

Waterborne disease, malnutrition claim four more lives in Thar
By April 07, 2016Latest : Top Story


SUKKUR: Four more children have died due to outbreak of the waterborne diseases and malnutrition in Thar hospitals taking the death toll to more than 290, according to the official during three months.

Three children died in Mithi Civil Hospital and one in RHC Diplo. Diya, 15 months, Reena, 1, and a newborn of Basheer Ahmed lost their lives while one-year-old Akash Lohar died in rural health center of Diplo town. The parents of the ailing children complained about lack of facilities and negligence of doctors and other medical staff in Diplo and Chhachhro towns.

DHO Dr Arjan Das told media persons that so far 139 kids have lost their lives since January 1 adding during the past 24 hours, 410 kids, mostly suffering from waterborne diseases and viral infections, were brought in six facilities of the district.
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/110946-Waterborne-disease-malnutrition-claim-four-more-lives-in-Thar

Has Thar been so grossly neglected only because it is in Sindh and not in Punjab?
By Sahir Palijo Published: April 6, 2016


The death toll in Thar is escalating by the day and while the Sindh government awaits some form of divine intervention, children in Thar are starving to death. There have been a million editorials and op-eds about how the children of Thar are suffering. Political leaders have addressed this issue, yet the issue prevails. Is this because the people dying are uneducated nomads living in a supposedly unimportant land of a purportedly unimportant province?
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http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/33591/has-thar-been-so-grossly-neglected-only-because-it-is-in-sindh-and-not-in-punjab/

[Ronan Kelly]

Another child dies of malnutrition in Thar
By Web DeskApril 16, 2016Latest : Health


MITHI: One more child died of malnutrition in Tharparkar, raising the death toll to 234 in the current year.

The newborn baby girl died at Mithi hospital Saturday, where over 43 more children are being treated.
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/113140-Another-child-dies-of-malnutrition-in-Thar?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+com%2FYEor+%28Latest+News+%7C+thenews.com.pk%29

[Ronan Kelly]

Conditions in Thar to aggravate this summer, warns DC
A CORRESPONDENT ? PUBLISHED A DAY AGO

MITHI: Tharparkar Deputy Commissioner Dr Shahzad Ahmed Thaheem has cautioned that this summer may become too hot for the desert people if drought conditions persist and requested NGOs to immediately provide 11,500 cans of water to help fight an outbreak of diarrhoea and other waterborne diseases.
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Three more children die in Thar

Three more minor children, two-year-old Sodhi, nine-month-old Altaf Hussain and Marvi, 13 months, died of waterborne diseases at Mithi Civil Hospital on Thursday, raising the death toll of children in Thar since Jan 1 to 300.

But DHO Dr Arjan Das insisted only 155 children had died so far at government hospitals mostly in the civil hospital.

Published in Dawn, April 22nd, 2016

https://www.dawn.com/news/1253558

Health: The state?s misogyny
MONIZA INAM ? PUBLISHED APR 17, 2016 06:49AM

Horrifying stories abound in the media, about the widespread death toll of children in Thar; unbearable images of malnourished and stunted children in incubators and hospital wards have been displayed on our TV screens, day in and day out. According to press reports, 398 children died in 2015, and based on anecdotal evidence, this year shall once again see such a high mortality rate.

As more of these breaking stories are highlighted in sensational headlines, the government continues to vehemently deny responsibility for the crisis, claiming that these deaths are normal and occur every year.

There was a lot of hue and cry in the national media when the advisor to the chief minister on information, Maula Bux Chandio, said that children are dying in Thar because of the carelessness of their mothers, and underage marriages ? while another minister blamed a Thari mother for not practising family planning, and having a large family.
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http://www.dawn.com/news/1252294

[Ronan Kelly]

Drought-related deaths in Thar continue
By Habib Ur Rehman - April 30, 2016


MITHI: Four infants died at the Mithi Civil Hospital on Friday leading the death toll of children suffering from malnutrition and water-borne diseases in the drought-hit parts of Tharparkar to 305 since Jan 1, independent sources said.

Confirming the fresh deaths, official sources put the toll at 162. Two of the four children were identified as Sodhi and Sindhya.
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http://www.thepakmedia.com/drought-related-deaths-in-thar-continue/2016/04/30

[Ronan Kelly]

Four more children die, Infants are on stake in Thar
Health and FitnessMay 5, 2016

By: Sawan Khaskheli

MITHI May 05: According to the sources, the outbreak of the diseases and malnutrition claimed lives four more infants in drought- hit Thar. The newborns of Haider Samejo, Sabhago and Bhambhro Kolhi were died in Civil Hospital Mithi and Kavita of three years also lost her life in the civil hospital thus the death toll according to the officials rose to 166 since January.

The parents of the sick children complained against the doctors and other staff of paying no proper heed to their ailing kids. While according to the unofficial sources so far 311 kids under five years of age lost their lives in drought hit Thar.
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http://www.thesindhtimes.com/health-...thar%E2%80%8F/

Death toll mounts to 312 as another infant dies in Mithi hospital

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THARPARKAR - A newborn died at the Civil Hospital Mithi on Thursday bringing the death toll of malnutrition children in Tharparkar and other areas to 312 in the last the four months.

According to sources, the newborn was on ventilator in Civil Hospital Mithi, where he died during treatment. Currently, over 40 malnutrition children are being provided medical treatment at the Civil Hospital Mithi, the hospital sources said.
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http://dailytimes.com.pk/pakistan/05-May-16/death-toll-mounts-to-312-as-another-infant-dies-in-mithi-hospital

[Ronan Kelly]

Malnutrition claims lives of 10 more children in Thar
A CORRESPONDENT ? PUBLISHED MAY 24, 2016 06:35AM


MITHI: At least 10 more children died from malnutrition and related diseases in drought-hit Thar on Sunday and Monday, raising the unofficial death toll to 341 since Jan 1, this year.

Nine infants identified as five-year-old Aso Bheel, four-month-old Amo Lakh, ten-month-old Seeta, 30-days Dadu, five-month-old Ghulam Mohammad, ten-month-old Abdul Razzak and three other newborns died at the Mithi Civil Hospital while a newborn breathed his last in Baka Karan village on his way to the civil hospital.

Dr Jai Kumar, in-charge of the emergency center, said that so far 193 kids had died in hospitals and over 270 had been referred to teaching hospitals of Hyderabad and Karachi.
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http://www.dawn.com/news/1260238

A humanitarian crisis in the Thar Desert

May 25, 2016 Food Distribution,
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It is estimated that 700 Children died in 2015 due to the same issue. During the National Nutrition Survey conducted recently, the GAM rate in the province of Sindh were the Thar Desert is located, is 17.5 per cent and the Severely Acute Malnutrition (SAM) is 6.6 per cent. And according to the WHO guidelines, if the Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) rate among children and women is above 15 per cent, it has to be considered a sever emergency situation.
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http://qidwaiwelfare.com/?p=1935

[Ronan Kelly]

Six more children die in Thar, drought toll rises to 380
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Sunday, 26 June 2016| Hanif Samoon
Six more children die in Thar, drought toll rises to 380
MITHI: At least 6 more kids died in drought-hit Thar during past 24 hours infants died in Civil Hospital Mithi and one in Islamkot raising to the toll to 379 in past six months in drought-hit Thar.
According to health officials the number with the deaths of three kids on Friday toll rose 239 in six facilities of the district adding they told over 180 died only in the civil hospital of Mithi.
The health officials are uncertain about 355 those kids, who have been refered to teaching hospitals of Hyderabad and Karachi. DHO Thar Dr Chandar Lal told this reporter that so far more 53, 323 kids were treated in the hospitals during six and half months of this year.
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http://www.onlineindus.com/six-more-children-die-in-thar-drought-toll-rises-to-380/

[Ronan Kelly]

10 infants die at Thar due to drought


Sunday, 10 July 2016| Hanif Samoon

MITHI: Ten more kids died in Mithi and Islamkot hospitals during past three days due to the undernourishment and outbreak of the waterborne diseases in drought-hit Thar. The infants of Mohammad Ismail, Bharoo Bheel, Jhaman Bheel, Harsinsh Bheel, Gagan Bheel, Tarpal Singh, Balchand Meghwar, Abdul Rasheed, Vastav and Wali Dad Khokhar lost their lives. With the deaths of ten more kids the death toll according to health officials has risen to 263, while according to unofficial sources the toll jumped to 404, from January 1.
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http://www.onlineindus.com/10-infants-die-at-thar-due-to-drought/

[Ronan Kelly]

Malnutrition continues to take toll on Thari children
HANIF SAMOON ? PUBLISHED ABOUT 9 HOURS AGO

MITHI: The outbreak of diseases and malnutrition were continuing to play havoc with the lives of newborns and minor children in drought-hit Thar as three more children died in Islamkot and Mithi on Tuesday, sources told Dawn.

Six-month-old Harish and five-month-old Allah Wasayo died in Rural Health Centre Islamkot while a minor child, Mukesh Kumar, died in Civil Hospital Mithi raising death toll to 433 of the year, according to unofficial reports.

However, health officials told Dawn on Tuesday that over the past seven months 289 children had died in hospitals of Tharparkar and 465 were referred to Hyderabad and Karachi for further treatment.
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