According to reports, the World Health Organization (WHO) is purchasing the nets for Pakistan using funding from the Global Fund.
Digital Desk: Pakistan has decided to buy 6.2 million mosquito nets from India as Islamabad struggles to stop the spread of dengue, malaria, and other vector-borne diseases as a result of the recent disastrous rains, reports said on Tuesday.
Last month, Pakistan's health ministry requested authorization to purchase mosquito nets from India.
According to reports, the World Health Organization (WHO) is purchasing the nets for Pakistan using funding from the Global Fund.
Officials from the health ministry promise to try to finish the procedure by the middle of November.
WHO representatives also claim that they want to purchase the mosquito nets before the end of the month via the Wagah route.
Over 1,700 people, around 33 million people displaced and submerged a third of the nation as a result of unusually heavy rains since mid-June.
An increase in diseases like malaria can lead to a "second calamity" in the nation, the WHO warned last month. By January 2023, 32 areas in flood-stricken Pakistan might have 2.7 million cases of malaria, according to the international health organisation.
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