Year Book 2018-2019
YEAR BOOK 2018-2019 GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN MINISTRY OF NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES, REGULATIONS & COORDINATION ISLAMABAD i YEAR BOOK 2018-2019 GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN MINISTRY OF NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES, REGULATIONS & COORDINATION ISLAMABAD ii IN THE NAME OF ALLAH THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE MOST MERCIFUL iii @ March 2020 Year Book 2018-19 Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations &Coordination Prepared by: NHIRC, M/o NHSR&C, Islamabad For more information, please visit Web: http://www.nhsrc.gov.pk/ Printed by: Printing Cooperation of Pakistan Press, Islamabad iv MESSAGE From the Federal Minister for National Health Services, Regulations & Coordination Division The year 2018-19 was meaningful for Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations & Coordination, as together with the provincial / area departments of health & population welfare, the ministry was able to start implementing joint strategic actions, which were unified and harmonized with provincial & federal efforts for improved health & population outcomes. On the programmatic front, the starting up of Prime Minister’s Sehat Sahulat Programme was a major achievement, which will ensure access and provision of quality health care services to the poorest families in the country against various diseases, having catastrophic implications. These reforms are critical to protect people from the vicious circle of poverty. It is expected that once fully scaled up in all districts, the positive impact of this programme will be beyond the health sector. The numbers of Polio cases have been brought down considerably in year 2018-19 from more than 300 cases in 2013-14. Pakistan is very close to the interruption of polio virus transmission but more concentrated efforts would be required.
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