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Pakistan and water: New pressures on global security and human health

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The Indus River is the major source of water for the more than 180 million people of Pakistan.Arapidly increasing population over the past 60 years has created new pressures on water that was once a plentiful resource for the health and development of the country. Rising tensions between India and Pakistan, which share the Indus flow, may lead to violent confrontation in an already volatile part of the globe. The recent flooding, which affected more than 20 million people, drew attention to poor management of the rivers of Pakistan. Public health has the scientific knowledge and professional capacity to help develop water management practices that could improve population health in Pakistan.

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  • Pappas, G., 2011. "Pakistan and water: New pressures on global security and human health," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 101(5), pages 786-788.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2010.300009_3
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.300009
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    1. Toqeer Ahmed & Mohammad Zounemat-Kermani & Miklas Scholz, 2020. "Climate Change, Water Quality and Water-Related Challenges: A Review with Focus on Pakistan," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(22), pages 1-22, November.
    2. Hafiza Mamona Nazir & Ijaz Hussain & Muhammad Faisal & Alaa Mohamd Shoukry & Showkat Gani & Ishfaq Ahmad, 2019. "Development of Multidecomposition Hybrid Model for Hydrological Time Series Analysis," Complexity, Hindawi, vol. 2019, pages 1-14, January.

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