Frequency of infectious diseases among flood affected people at district Rajanpur, Pakistan

Objective: to identify the frequency of infectious diseases among flood victims during and after disaster at district rajanpur, punjab, pakistan. methodology: a cross sectional study was conducted from 15th to 31st august 2010 at 17 flood affected places of district rajanpur of punjab province, pakistan. a total of 7814 affected people were interviewed consecutively by using semi-structured questionnaire visiting the relief camps during the study period. information was obtained after taking informed consent regarding infectious diseases: acute respiratory tract infection, eye infection, gastrointestinal tract infection, ear infection, skin and soft tissue infection, and suspected malaria. data was entered and analyzed by using spss version 16.0. result: the results showed that the distribution of infectious disease cases presented to relief camps were gastrointestinal cases (acute diarrhea)-30%, skin and soft tissue infection (33%), eye (conjunctivitis)-07%, ear, nose and throat infection (05%), respiratory tract infection (21%), and suspected malaria (4%). their mean age was 23.15 ± 17.53 years. conclusion: our study concluded that there was a high frequency of infectious diseases. the morbidity and mortality resulting from infectious diseases can be minimized if public health intervention efforts are implemented in a timely and coordinated fashion.