<p>The young boy is one of millions of children who survived the floods that ravaged Pakistan over the last month but are now vulnerable to a second wave of death caused by waterborne disease, according to the United Nations.<br /><br />Khan's father, Ikramullah, fled Pabbi just before floods devastated the northwestern town about a month ago, abandoning his two-room house and all his possessions to save his wife and four children.<br /><br />"I saved my kids. That was everything for me," said Ikramullah, whose 6-year-old son, Waqar, has also battled severe diarrhoea in recent days. "Now I see I'm losing them. We're devastated."<br /><br />Ten other children lay in beds near Khan at the diarrhoea treatment centre run by the World Health Organisation in Pabbi, two of whom were in critical condition.<br /><br />Access to clean water has always been a problem in Pakistan, but the floods have made the situation much worse by breaking open sewer lines, filling wells with dirty water and displacing millions of people who have been forced to use the contaminated water around them.<br /><br />The environment is especially dangerous for children, who are more vulnerable to diseases such as diarrhoea and dysentery because they are more easily dehydrated. Many children in Pakistan also suffered from malnutrition before the floods hit, leaving them with weakened immune systems.<br /><br />The Pakistani government and international aid groups have worked to get clean water to millions of people affected by the floods and treat those suffering from waterborne diseases. But they have been overwhelmed by the scale of the disaster, which has displaced a million more people in recent days.</p>
<p>The young boy is one of millions of children who survived the floods that ravaged Pakistan over the last month but are now vulnerable to a second wave of death caused by waterborne disease, according to the United Nations.<br /><br />Khan's father, Ikramullah, fled Pabbi just before floods devastated the northwestern town about a month ago, abandoning his two-room house and all his possessions to save his wife and four children.<br /><br />"I saved my kids. That was everything for me," said Ikramullah, whose 6-year-old son, Waqar, has also battled severe diarrhoea in recent days. "Now I see I'm losing them. We're devastated."<br /><br />Ten other children lay in beds near Khan at the diarrhoea treatment centre run by the World Health Organisation in Pabbi, two of whom were in critical condition.<br /><br />Access to clean water has always been a problem in Pakistan, but the floods have made the situation much worse by breaking open sewer lines, filling wells with dirty water and displacing millions of people who have been forced to use the contaminated water around them.<br /><br />The environment is especially dangerous for children, who are more vulnerable to diseases such as diarrhoea and dysentery because they are more easily dehydrated. Many children in Pakistan also suffered from malnutrition before the floods hit, leaving them with weakened immune systems.<br /><br />The Pakistani government and international aid groups have worked to get clean water to millions of people affected by the floods and treat those suffering from waterborne diseases. But they have been overwhelmed by the scale of the disaster, which has displaced a million more people in recent days.</p>