The lost children of Pakistan

The catastrophic floods in Pakistan have already killed at least 2,000 people and affected 20 million more. And disease is making things even worse. At least one case of cholera has been noted and there are reports about typhoid fever, gastroenteritis, dehydration and hepatitis. Meanwhile, UNICEF is warning that up to 3.5 million children are at especially high risk from deadly water-borne disease.

In the Dera Ismail Khan Hospital in Peshawar, doctors are overwhelmed with work but the priority is being given to the young. "Most of the children coming to us have diarrhoea and vomiting," Dr Fazal Rehman told euronews.

In the refugee camps, children wander among the tents. With their parents dead or missing, life will never be the same again for them. At 14 or 15, many now find themselves at the head of a family that they must take care of and feed without help from anyone.