The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has introduced a Performance Framework aimed at improving governance, enhancing the quality of public services, and strengthening accountability in government institutions.
In the first phase, performance agreements have been signed with the Health Department, the Anti-Polio Programme, and the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI).
Under the agreements, 500 new doctors will be recruited and deployed at Basic Health Units (BHUs) and Rural Health Centers (RHCs) across the province. Round-the-clock maternity services will be introduced at 250 health facilities, maternal and child health centers will be upgraded, and 62 district-level hospitals will be handed over to professional institutions to improve healthcare delivery.
To strengthen polio eradication efforts, an additional 150 doctors will be deployed in the southern districts. The framework also sets targets to significantly reduce the number of missed children during vaccination campaigns, eliminate the poliovirus from environmental samples, keep more than 97 percent of vaccination centers operational, and increase the full immunization coverage of children to 85 percent.
Addressing the ceremony, Provincial Health Minister Khaliq-ur-Rehman and Chief Secretary Shahab Ali Shah said that, on the directives of Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi, the health sector remained the provincial government’s top priority.
They said the Performance Framework would promote a results-based system, effective monitoring, greater accountability, and improved healthcare services for the people.