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"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...
This guideline is on the use of insecticides in mosquito nets and their effectiveness. Insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs) have been the most effective tool for reducing malaria morbidity and...
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 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-...
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The pandemic is now having an unprecedented...
Over the decade that has followed, the issue of HIV/AIDS and security enjoyed a dramatic intellectual profile, which shaped the global response to the pandemic. The precursor to the Security...
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’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...