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Globally, Pakistan has the third highest burden of maternal, fetal, and child mortality. It has made slow progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5 and in addressing...
Pakistan has undergone massive changes in its federal structure under the 18th Constitutional Amendment. To gain insights that will inform reform plans, we assessed several aspects of health-...
The goal of this training is to build and strengthen
the capacity of aid workers in Sphere Minimum Standards to increase their efficiency and
effectiveness in addressing the areas of...
"The construction of health facilities, establishment of
medical schools, and recruitment of health workers
in the public sector have been important aspects of
a popular...
Many diseases are common in Pakistan, including
endemic and epidemic infectious diseases, emerging infections, and an increasing burden of non-communicable diseases. An estimated 8–9 million...
Non-communicable diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, cancers, respiratory diseases, diabetes, and mental disorders, and injuries have become the major causes of morbidity and mortality in...
According to Alex Ezeh and colleagues, “Pakistan’s failure to promote family planning in the 1970s and 1980s” has already had, and will lead to, great repercussions: a population that is...
Pakistan’s enormous macroeconomic, internal, and human security challenges coexist alongside the opportunity created by a huge desire for change. With democracy taking root and a new...
Ours is a male dominant society where only very few females enjoy full rights and have
access to opportunities of even very basic human needs. This is even more true in the
health...
Given the increasing frailty and disability with age, social networks and social support play
cardinal role in the quality of life of older people in societies where formal support and...