Over the previous week, Sindh “reported 93,002 malaria cases.”

Up to 93,002 malaria cases were registered throughout Sindh in the last week, according to NIH sources.

Larkana had the greatest number of malaria cases (10,427), followed by Khairpur (7,858).

7,525 instances of malaria were reported in Qambar, 5,655 in Mirpurkhas, 5,980 in Dadu, 4,204 in Badin, 5,488 in Sanghar, 4,099 in Tharparkar, 4,130 in Tando Allahyar, 4,249 in Sukkur, 3,682 in Naushehro Feroze, 4,186 in Shikarpur, and 3546 in Umerkot.

More than 1,000 cases of vector-borne disease were reported in Karachi during the last week, including 566 cases from Malir, 204 from district West, 161 from Central, 140 from East, 68 from Korangi, 41 from Karachi South, and 24 from Kemari, according to NIH sources.

Ehtesham Ali, the health adviser to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Amin Gandapur, brought attention to the 54,000 malaria cases that have been reported from various regions of the province this year last month.

He gave each district’s District Health Officer (DHO) instructions to take prompt action to prevent malaria and report back to his office.

The Health Advisor stated that the disease was now raging in the southern areas and that emergency steps were being implemented in this regard. The advisor also mentioned that vector-borne diseases were quickly growing as a result of climate change.

In reference to health department data, he stated that district Khyber was still the worst afflicted, with 10,000 malaria cases reported between January 2024 and August. Likewise, 6,000 were first reported from Shangla, 3,000 from Battagram, 4,000 from DI Khan, 2,000 from Tank and Karak, and 3,000 from Lakki Marwat.