Satisfaction With the Humanitarian Response to the 2010 Pakistan Floods: A Call for Increased Accountability to Beneficiaries

• 2013

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• Thomas Kirsch; Muhammad Siddiqui; Paul Perrin; W. Courtland Robinson; Lauren Sauer; Shannon Doocy
PMID: 22878040DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2012-201226

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This article examines how people felt about the help they got after the 2010 Pakistan floods. It describes a survey of 1,800 households and finds that less than 20% were satisfied with the aid. Satisfaction was higher when people received hygiene items, food, and medicines. Many still had unmet needs six months later as aid decreased. The study suggests using direct surveys to better understand what affected people need and improve future responses by focusing on those not in camps and addressing access issues more effectively.

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Focus Area: Severe Weather

Audiences: Emergency Managers; Public Health Professionals

Emergency Management Stage: Response

Bundles: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Disaster Planning; Floods; Food Supply; Health Services Accessibility; Health Services Needs and Demand; Mental Health; Pakistan; Personal Satisfaction; Relief Work; Residence Characteristics; Rural Population; Social Responsibility; Urban Population; Survivors

Institutions: Johns Hopkins University; ChildLife Foundation

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