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Preamble
Pakistan's health indicators, health funding, and health infrastructure are generally poor, particularly in rural areas. The underlying problems that affect health are poverty, illiteracy, women's low status, inadequate water supplies and sanitation.
- About 19 percent of the population is malnourished, and 30 percent of children under age five are malnourished.
- According to WHO estimates, incidence of TB in Pakistan is 82 for new sputum positive TB cases coupled with illiteracy and poverty. TB still presenting problems with low case detection and high default among TB cases.
- Hepatitis B and C are also rampant with approximately 3 million cases of each in the country at the moment.
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Approximately one in every 9 Pakistani women is likely to suffer from breast cancer which is one of the highest incidence rates in Asia.
According to official data, there are 127,859 doctors and 12,804 health facilities in the country to cater for over 170 million people. In 2007 there were 85 physicians for every 100,000 persons in Pakistan; in other words, one doctor for 1,225 people. In contrast to most countries, Read more...
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According to the World Health Organization, Pakistan's total health expenditures amounted to 3.9 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2005, and per capita health expenditures were US$49. The government provided 24.4 percent of total health expenditures, with the remainder being entirely private, out-of-pocket expenses.
The possible solutions to health miseries can be effectively addressed by essentially Read more...
