Health officials warn of major outbreaks of disease after severe floods in Pakistan

Women and children are given medical assistance at a relief camp for flood victims in Charsadda, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Photograph: Fayaz Aziz/Reuters

Health officials have warned of large-scale outbreaks of disease in Pakistan after severe flooding displaced millions of people.

A rise in cases of diarrhoea and malaria has been reported after months of heavy rains left people stranded and without access to clean water.