Pakistan

Water in drylands: adapting to scarcity through integrated management

This study presents some lessons from a selection of IUCN interventions in dryland areas that have adapted to a greater or lesser extent to the conditions of drylands, notably focusing on water management to deal with scarcity and variability.

Publication Date:

01/12/2016

Author(s): Jonathan Davies, Stefano Barchiesi, Claire J. Ogali, & et al

Source: IUCN

Tags:

Drylands, Water Management, Water Resources, Ecosystems, Kenya, Droughts, Jordan, Pakistan, Groundwater Recharge, Burkina Faso

Natural Disasters

Do natural disasters change savings and employment choices? Evidence from Bangladesh and Pakistan

This paper explores household-level responses to extreme weather events in Bangladesh and Pakistan, which are among the most disaster-prone countries in the world. In particular, the frequency of extreme floods is on the rise in Bangladesh and Pakistan.

Publication Date:

01/12/2016

Author(s): Shaikh M.S.U. Eskander, Samuel Fankhauser, Shikha Jha

Source: Asian Development Bank

Tags:

Natural Disasters, Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Agriculture, Floods, Storms, Extreme Weather Events, GDP

Climate Change

Explaining extreme events of 2015: From a climate perspective

This special report in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society presents assessments of how climate change may have affected the strength and likelihood of individual extreme events.

Publication Date:

01/12/2016

Source: American Meteorological Society

Tags:

Extreme Weather Events, Climate Change, Forest Fires, Global Warming, Rainfall Pattern, Chennai, Pakistan, India, Droughts, Heat Waves, Indonesia, North Pacific Ocean, Nigeria, Egypt, Climate Impacts

Health

Substandard drugs: a potential crisis for public health

Poor-quality medicines present a serious public health problem, particularly in emerging economies and developing countries, and may have a significant impact on the national clinical and economic burden. Attention has largely focused on the increasing availability of deliberately falsified drugs, but substandard medicines are also reaching patients because of poor manufacturing and quality-control practices in the production of genuine drugs (either branded or generic).

Publication Date:

29/11/2016

Author(s): Atholl Johnston, David W. Holt

Source: British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

pp:

218-243

Tags:

Drugs, Health Effects, Developing Countries, Tuberculosis, India, Cambodia, Nigeria, Africa, Pakistan

Agriculture

Rice farming in India much older than thought, used as 'summer crop' by Indus civilization

Latest research on archaeological sites of the ancient Indus Civilisation, which stretched across what is now Pakistan and northwest India during the Bronze Age, has revealed that domesticated rice

Publication Date:

21/11/2016

Source: Eurek Alert

Tags:

Agriculture, Rice, India, Food Crops, China, Pakistan, History, Farmers

Health

Pakistan witnesses 62pc drop in polio cases during 2016

The Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) said on Sunday that the country has witnessed a 62 per cent drop in polio cases during the current year.

Publication Date:

24/10/2016

Source: Dawn (Pakistan)

Tags:

Health, Polio, Pakistan, Child Health, Vaccination, South Asia

Climate Change

When climate change hits KP

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa agriculture suffers from very low productivity, with risks of crop failures owing to persistent weather anomalies.

Publication Date:

24/10/2016

Source: Dawn (Pakistan)

Tags:

Climate Change, Pakistan, Climate Impacts, Global Warming, Agriculture, Wheat, Maize, Food Crops, South Asia

Natural Disasters

Pakistan's plan to cut disaster risk aims at a new target - schools

SAJAWAL, Pakistan (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When seven hours of non-stop rain led to a flash flood that swept through his village school, leaving it heavily damaged, science teacher Ali Zamin

Publication Date:

24/10/2016

Source: Reuters

Tags:

Natural Disasters, Pakistan, Floods, Rainfall Pattern, Extreme Weather Events, Climate Change, South Asia

Climate Change