Introduction to the Health Sector of Pakistan

Health Sector of Pakistan

World Health Organization (WHO) defines a healthcare system as a system consisting of people, and organizations that primarily work to restore, maintain and promote health. A well-developed, efficient and advanced healthcare system is incumbent to improve the health of people and prevent the spread of diseases and it is one of the primary concerns of states. Pakistan has a three-tier healthcare system consisting of hospitals, dispensaries, and rural health centers. Since its inception, many governments have tried to improve the situation in Pakistan. Although our system improves over time. The progress of the health sector in Pakistan could not be ignored since the time of independence. Moreover, it has achieved improvement in the social sector, agricultural sector, economic sector, and Industrial sector. Pakistan's health care system is in progress and since last year, Pakistan has tried to make many improvements in its health care delivery system and has brought out many reforms. 

We are students of the Department of Governance and Public Policy, 6th semester, Morning (BS Public Administration and Governance). This semester, we have a course on 'Public Sector Reforms and Social Change' supervised by Assistant Professor Dr. Athar Rashid. In this regard, we are working on the Health sector of Pakistan. The health sector aims to provide social health protection and equal access to quality. Health care has significant positive effects on individual public health, economic growth, and development. Without substantial investment in human resources, Pakistan can never achieve sustainable economic development

Objectives:

• Identify the major challenges of the Health sector of Pakistan.
• Establish a comparative analysis of the Health sector between Pakistan and other international countries.
• Focusing on the need analysis of people regarding the Health Sector of Pakistan.
• Emphasize the importance and role of the Health sector of Pakistan
• Establish sustainable development and economic growth.
• Provide a way forward to reform the challenges of the Health sector.

 

Furthermore, their stakeholders and regulatory bodies play key roles in connecting health information systems for better health such as; Pakistan medical and dental council, Pakistan Medical Commission Pakistan council of homeopathy, Pakistan nursing council, Pakistan pharmacy council (PMC), Council of Tibb, Ministry of National Health services regulation and coordination, Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Health, Provisional departments of health, District healthcare system and NGOs.

We always welcome your suggestions regarding the Health Sector of Pakistan and try to make public institutions more transparent and accountable.

 

Regards,

Aimen Riaz, Samiullah, Wazir Shafaat, Umair Khalid.

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