{"id":66304,"date":"2022-12-28T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T07:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=66304"},"modified":"2022-12-28T12:04:59","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T07:04:59","slug":"jica-extends-its-support-to-the-flood-affected-districts-of-punjab-and-kp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/jica-extends-its-support-to-the-flood-affected-districts-of-punjab-and-kp\/","title":{"rendered":"JICA extends its support to the Flood Affected Districts of Punjab and KP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: 27th December (PNI) Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Pakistan Office extends its support to the flood affected districts of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Provinces by providing in total 9000 mosquito nets, 80,000 ORS and 400,000 water purification tablets. On the request of Government of Punjab and KP, the Government of Japan and JICA Pakistan Office decided to extend its support to the worst affected districts of both the provinces. In Punjab the target districts are Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur. In KP, the target districts are Kohistan, DI Khan, Tank, Nowshera and Charsada. The expected beneficiaries of this support are around 80,000 families with pregnant or lactating women and children under five.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2-430-300x164.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-66306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2-430-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2-430.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to the Post Disaster Need Assessment (PDNA) on Pakistan Floods 2022, around 650,000 pregnant women are facing challenges in getting access to maternal services, nearly 4 million children lack access to health services and substantial increase of communicable diseases such as diarrhea, malaria, dengue and cholera has been observed. In this regard particular attention should be given pregnant and lactating women and children under five. JICA support will help these vulnerable segments of the society and will also help in reducing the outbreaks of communicable diseases.  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2-431-300x164.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-66307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2-431-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2-431.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>JICA is utilizing its ongoing technical cooperation projects \u201cThe Project for Strengthening Maternal and Newborn Health Care in Punjab\u201d and \u201cThe Project for Strengthening Continuum of Care for Mothers, Newborn and Child Health in Primary Health Care Settings in KP\u201d to provide its above said support to flood affected districts of both the provinces.  <\/p>\n<p>Prior to this, the Government of Japan provided USD 7 million as an emergency grant to address the immediate impact of the floods in September 2022.  In addition, the Government announced another grant assistance of USD 38.9 million to Pakistan as part of Japan\u2019s supplementary budget to deliver life-saving aid to the flood victims on December 2, 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: 27th December (PNI) Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Pakistan Office extends its support to the flood affected districts of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Provinces by providing in total 9000 mosquito nets, 80,000 ORS and 400,000 water purification tablets. On the request of Government [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66305,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>JICA extends its support to the Flood Affected Districts of Punjab and KP<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"JICA extends its support to the Flood Affected Districts of Punjab and KP\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/jica-extends-its-support-to-the-flood-affected-districts-of-punjab-and-kp\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"JICA extends its support to the Flood Affected Districts of Punjab and KP\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"JICA extends its support to the Flood Affected Districts of Punjab and KP\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2-429.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"News Desk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/jica-extends-its-support-to-the-flood-affected-districts-of-punjab-and-kp\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/jica-extends-its-support-to-the-flood-affected-districts-of-punjab-and-kp\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"News Desk\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/2b326eefbddc9c3b180116b6f37cce9f\"},\"headline\":\"JICA extends its support to the Flood Affected Districts of Punjab and KP\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-28T07:00:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-28T07:04:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/jica-extends-its-support-to-the-flood-affected-districts-of-punjab-and-kp\/\"},\"wordCount\":315,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/jica-extends-its-support-to-the-flood-affected-districts-of-punjab-and-kp\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2-429.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Pakistan\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/jica-extends-its-support-to-the-flood-affected-districts-of-punjab-and-kp\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/jica-extends-its-support-to-the-flood-affected-districts-of-punjab-and-kp\/\",\"name\":\"JICA extends its support to the Flood Affected Districts of Punjab and KP\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/jica-extends-its-support-to-the-flood-affected-districts-of-punjab-and-kp\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/jica-extends-its-support-to-the-flood-affected-districts-of-punjab-and-kp\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2-429.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-28T07:00:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-28T07:04:59+00:00\",\"description\":\"JICA extends its support to the Flood Affected Districts of Punjab and KP\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/jica-extends-its-support-to-the-flood-affected-districts-of-punjab-and-kp\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/jica-extends-its-support-to-the-flood-affected-districts-of-punjab-and-kp\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/jica-extends-its-support-to-the-flood-affected-districts-of-punjab-and-kp\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2-429.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2-429.jpg\",\"width\":660,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/jica-extends-its-support-to-the-flood-affected-districts-of-punjab-and-kp\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"JICA extends its support to the Flood Affected Districts of Punjab and KP\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Pakistan News International\",\"description\":\"Latest News, Breaking News from Pakistan\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Pakistan News International\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/site-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/site-logo.jpg\",\"width\":431,\"height\":121,\"caption\":\"Pakistan News International\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/2b326eefbddc9c3b180116b6f37cce9f\",\"name\":\"News Desk\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e9ad84679b4a782d4fff9ca3763ebbd7e2cb1b0bb77b91492bba01714a2b4f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e9ad84679b4a782d4fff9ca3763ebbd7e2cb1b0bb77b91492bba01714a2b4f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"News Desk\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/author\/zafarmalik\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"JICA extends its support to the Flood Affected Districts of Punjab and KP","description":"JICA extends its support to the Flood Affected Districts of Punjab and KP","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/jica-extends-its-support-to-the-flood-affected-districts-of-punjab-and-kp\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"JICA extends its support to the Flood Affected Districts of Punjab and KP","twitter_description":"JICA extends its support to the Flood Affected Districts of Punjab and KP","twitter_image":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2-429.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"News Desk","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/jica-extends-its-support-to-the-flood-affected-districts-of-punjab-and-kp\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/jica-extends-its-support-to-the-flood-affected-districts-of-punjab-and-kp\/"},"author":{"name":"News Desk","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/2b326eefbddc9c3b180116b6f37cce9f"},"headline":"JICA extends its support to the Flood Affected Districts of Punjab and KP","datePublished":"2022-12-28T07:00:07+00:00","dateModified":"2022-12-28T07:04:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/jica-extends-its-support-to-the-flood-affected-districts-of-punjab-and-kp\/"},"wordCount":315,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/jica-extends-its-support-to-the-flood-affected-districts-of-punjab-and-kp\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2-429.jpg","articleSection":["Pakistan"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/jica-extends-its-support-to-the-flood-affected-districts-of-punjab-and-kp\/","url":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/jica-extends-its-support-to-the-flood-affected-districts-of-punjab-and-kp\/","name":"JICA extends its support to the Flood Affected Districts of Punjab and KP","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/jica-extends-its-support-to-the-flood-affected-districts-of-punjab-and-kp\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/jica-extends-its-support-to-the-flood-affected-districts-of-punjab-and-kp\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2-429.jpg","datePublished":"2022-12-28T07:00:07+00:00","dateModified":"2022-12-28T07:04:59+00:00","description":"JICA extends its support to the Flood Affected Districts of Punjab and KP","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/jica-extends-its-support-to-the-flood-affected-districts-of-punjab-and-kp\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/jica-extends-its-support-to-the-flood-affected-districts-of-punjab-and-kp\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/jica-extends-its-support-to-the-flood-affected-districts-of-punjab-and-kp\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2-429.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2-429.jpg","width":660,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/jica-extends-its-support-to-the-flood-affected-districts-of-punjab-and-kp\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"JICA extends its support to the Flood Affected Districts of Punjab and KP"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/","name":"Pakistan News International","description":"Latest News, Breaking News from Pakistan","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#organization","name":"Pakistan News International","url":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/site-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/site-logo.jpg","width":431,"height":121,"caption":"Pakistan News International"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/2b326eefbddc9c3b180116b6f37cce9f","name":"News Desk","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e9ad84679b4a782d4fff9ca3763ebbd7e2cb1b0bb77b91492bba01714a2b4f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e9ad84679b4a782d4fff9ca3763ebbd7e2cb1b0bb77b91492bba01714a2b4f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"News Desk"},"url":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/author\/zafarmalik\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66308,"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66304\/revisions\/66308"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}