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From 2022 to 2025: Preventing the Escalating Health Crisis of Pakistan’s Floods Cover

From 2022 to 2025: Preventing the Escalating Health Crisis of Pakistan’s Floods

By: Rehan Jan,  Maryam Jan and  Noman Jan  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.4955 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
Language: English
Submitted on: Sep 4, 2025
Accepted on: Nov 23, 2025
Published on: Dec 10, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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