We are also striving to boost the capacity of the Pakistan Red Crescent Society to take appropriate action in the event of any outbreak of water-borne infectious disease. As a result, a greater proportion of the rural population than initially anticipated, has been affected by food insecurity and will require some form of food intervention this season. New efforts are under way, including a programme involving the United States and Russia, to safeguard dangerous radioactive material that terrorists could steal around the world to build a dirty bomb", the UN announced on Tuesday.