Is pneumonia in under-fives worse than usual in Karachi Keamari?

No. Pneumonia in under-fives in Karachi Keamari is well below its usual for these weeks.

17 cases a week, against a usual 50.

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Read from these four weekly reports by Field Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Division, National Institutes of Health, Islamabad:

  • Week 36, 2026
  • Week 37, 2026
  • Week 38, 2026
  • Week 39, 2026
The 8 reports behind "usual"
  • Week 36, 2024
  • Week 37, 2024
  • Week 38, 2024
  • Week 39, 2024
  • Week 36, 2025
  • Week 37, 2025
  • Week 38, 2025
  • Week 39, 2025

The publisher's own list of its weekly reports

How this is worked out. The last four weeks against the same four weeks of the two years before, for Karachi Keamari alone. What "usual" means.

When does pneumonia in under-fives usually peak in Karachi Keamari?

It has no fixed season here: it peaked in September 2024 and January 2025.

2024 peak2025 peakNext ten weeks

How does Karachi Keamari compare with the rest of Pakistan?

Karachi Keamari is 56th of the 68 districts with enough cases to compare, each against its own usual.

usual⅛×8×32×country 0.9×Abbottabad: 1.5×Badin: 0.9×Bajaur: 0.1×Bannu: 0.5×Barkhan: 1.3×Buner: 0.0×Charsadda: 0.5×Chitral Lower: 0.9×Chitral Upper: 0.7×D. I. Khan: 2.8×Dadu: 2.0×Lower Dir: 0.1×Upper Dir: 0.8×Ghotki: 1.4×Hangu: 0.0×Haripur: 0.9×Harnai: 1.1×Hyderabad: 1.1×Jacobabad: 0.7×Jaffarabad: 0.0×Jamshoro: 1.2×Jhal Magsi: 0.5×Kalat: 0.1×Kambar Shahdad Kot: 0.8×Central Karachi: 2.4×East Karachi: 0.8×Karachi Keamari: 0.3×Malir Karachi: 0.5×West Karachi: 0.8×Karak: 3.1×Kashmore: 0.5×Kech: 0.2×Khairpur: 0.8×Khyber: 0.8×Kohat: 0.6×Larkana: 1.1×Lasbela: 1.8×Loralai: 0.8×Malakand: 0.0×Mansehra: 0.9×Mardan: 0.7×Mastung: 1.4×Matiari: 0.9×Mirpur Khas: 0.6×Nasirabad: 1.8×Naushahro Feroze: 0.8×North Waziristan: 0.2×Nowshera: 1.1×Peshawar: 0.5×Sanghar: 0.9×Shaheed Benazir Abad: 1.0×Shangla: 1.6×Shikarpur: 0.9×Sohbatpur: 1.1×South Waziristan (Lower): 0.3×South Waziristan (Upper): 0.0×Sujawal: 0.4×Sukkur: 0.7×Swabi: 0.7×Swat: 1.1×Tando Allahyar: 0.7×Tando Muhammad Khan: 0.8×Tank: 0.7×Tharparkar: 0.9×Thatta: 0.3×Umer Kot: 0.9×Upper Kurram: 1.9×Usta Muhammad: 1.9×Karachi Keamari

Across Pakistan as a whole, pneumonia in under-fives is at 0.9× its usual; in Karachi Keamari it is 0.3×.

What is pneumonia in under-fives?

An infection of the lungs. The tiny air pockets fill with fluid and pus, so breathing hurts and the body gets less oxygen. Viruses, bacteria or fungi can cause it.

Signs
Cough or trouble breathing, sometimes with fever. Fast breathing, or the lower chest sucking in with each breath, are key signs in young children.
How it spreads
Germs that normally sit in a child's nose or throat can be breathed down into the lungs. It can also pass through droplets when someone coughs or sneezes.
How to protect yourself
Vaccines against Hib, pneumococcus, measles and whooping cough. Breastfeed only for the first six months, keep indoor air free of smoke, and wash hands.
Get medical help
Get help quickly if a child breathes fast or the chest pulls in. Go urgently if a baby cannot feed or drink, has fits, or is very drowsy or cold.

In Dooram's words, from the World Health Organization. Source: Pneumonia in children (WHO fact sheet), read 8 October 2026. General information, not medical advice.

Pneumonia in under-fives in every country Dooram reads ›

A reported case means someone reached a clinic and a form was filed, so these count reports, not everyone who was ill.

Sources. Field Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Division, National Institutes of Health, Islamabad, weekly report. District maps: World Food Programme Spatial Data Infrastructure, published as a Common Operational Dataset by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.