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| Pakistan SItuation | |
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Disease |
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| • Pakistan has 3.7% of the world's children aged 0-5, but accounts for 11% of the under 5 mortality owing to diarrhea and dysentery. The huge disease burden is related to poor sanitation and hygiene practices in the country. | |
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• Disease-laden filth from streets, drains, and ponds enters the food chain through many ways-irrigation of garden crops by contaminated sewage water, air-borne dust, cross contamination of water mains because of leakages and broken pipes. Children frequently pick up diseases playing in the dirt of the streets. |
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Practices |
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• Defecation in the open is the norm in the rural areas of the country. Only 30 – 40% of rural dwellings have internal latrines. There has been no significant improvement in rural coverage over the last decade. |
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