The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Health Department’s Human Capital Investment Project (HCIP), launched with World Bank support to improve basic healthcare services, has come under serious scrutiny after an audit revealed widespread financial and administrative irregularities. Read More: KP approves policy for integration of pharma services in health The Rs24 billion project, approved by the World Bank Board […]
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AJK doctors threaten strike over stalled promotions and pay issues
MUZAFFARABAD: Doctors in Azad Jammu and Kashmir have warned of a region-wide protest from January 26 if long-pending demands related to promotions, benefits and health sector reforms are not addressed by the government. The warning came from the United Doctors Forum (UDF), an umbrella body of the Pakistan Medical Association and Young Doctors Association in […]
KP Govt initiates projects in health sector
PESHAWAR: The provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was working on various projects worth billions of rupees in primary, secondary and tertiary health care to further strengthen the health sector and provide quality medical treatment facilities to the people at their doorsteps. Steps were being taken under an integrated plan to ensure physical progress on those […]
Economic Survey 2020: Population growth rate down, health expenditures up
The government released the Economic Survey 2020-21 on Thursday, which captures the state of Pakistan’s healthcare system in the last one year. So, what changes have been recorded in 2020? Let’s take a look. Public hospitals There were a total of 1,282 public hospitals in the country in 2020 as compared to 1279 in 2019 […]
Dilapidated health sector of Balochistan
Balochistan, despite being considered the hub of the CPEC project – a multi-billion economic project, namely the China Pakistan Economic Corridor, has one of the most dilapidated health sectors amongst the other provinces. This, sadly now, is in a dismal state. Regretfully, there are no good health facilities, and people are confronting numerous problems in […]