The plan emphasizes the importance of preparedness for increasingly severe climate change-induced disasters such as the 2022 floods, which triggered over 370,000 suspected cases.

WHO Representative in Pakistan Dr Dapeng Luo and Federal Health Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal launch Pakistan National Cholera Control Plan 2025–2028. Photo Credit: WHO/Hamid Inam29 July 2025, Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) today launched the National Cholera Control Plan 2025–2028, targeting a 90% reduction in mortality by 2030 and preparing the country to prevent, detect and respond to cholera outbreaks in a context marked by severe climate change-induced disasters.

The multisectoral Plan, launched by Federal Health Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal and WHO Representative in Pakistan Dr Dapeng Luo, emphasizes the importance of preparedness for natural hazards such as the 2022 floods, which triggered over 370 000 suspected cholera cases. Between January 2023 and July 2025, Pakistan reported an annual average of more than 21 000 suspected and 250 confirmed cases of cholera.  

“This plan and its implementation in partnership with WHO is particularly relevant because health care does not start in the hospitals where we treat the patients who are already sick. Health care starts with prevention in every neighborhood, in every community, so people do not get sick. For this, preventing water-borne diseases is particularly important,” said Federal Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal.