Health and Nutrition
From flood-emergency nutrition for infants to pandemic response, KnK Pakistan protects the health of the most vulnerable communities.
- Households assessed in flood response
- 610Households assessed in flood response
- District Headquarters hospitals supported
- 6District Headquarters hospitals supported
- Basic Health Units supported
- 10Basic Health Units supported
- Youth volunteers mobilised for COVID-19 awareness
- 1,000Youth volunteers mobilised for COVID-19 awareness
Nourishing Vulnerable Lives
As part of our Flood Emergency Response in Sindh and Balochistan, we provided nutritional supplements to infants to meet their needs during the crisis. Floods disrupt food supply chains and cause shortages that hit the most vulnerable — especially babies — hardest.
Getting these supplements to infants was a core part of the response, helping protect them from malnutrition and the health problems that come with it during an emergency.
Alongside supplements, the programme delivered ration packs and other support to flood-affected families — meeting urgent needs while contributing to longer-term recovery and resilience, with a focus on infants and young children.
Food Insecurity in Pakistan: A Response from KnK Japan to the 2022 Flood Emergency
Ranked 99th of 121 countries on the Global Hunger Index, Pakistan saw food insecurity worsen during the 2022 floods. Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) data showed the severity across Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh, affecting close to 37 million people.
Heavy monsoon rains and flooding in late 2022 — worst in Sindh and Balochistan — disrupted food production, consumption and livelihoods. The aftermath kept food hard to access as prices and incomes suffered; between November 2023 and January 2024, an estimated 11.8 million people (about 32% of the analysed population) were projected to face high levels of acute food insecurity.
In response, KnK Japan's Flood Emergency Response 2022 assessed 610 households and delivered vital nutrition support across Sindh and Balochistan — addressing immediate needs while building long-term community resilience.
of 121 on the Global Hunger Index
People affected by the 2022 floods
Projected acute food insecurity, Nov 2023 – Jan 2024
Households assessed by KnK Japan
COVID-19 Response
At the height of the pandemic, KnK Japan mobilised to protect health workers, students and vulnerable communities across Pakistan.
COVID-19 Support to Health Department & Hospitals
As cases surged at the pandemic's peak, demand for intensive care soared and strained Pakistan's fragile health system. With the generous support of the people of Japan and our local partner FWA, KnK Japan supplied health equipment and personal protective gear to medical and paramedical staff at tertiary health-care centres across Hazara Division — including district and divisional headquarter hospitals and quarantine centres set up by the Government of Pakistan.
In the Field
Screening, distributions and hygiene sessions across flood-affected districts.
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