{"id":577,"date":"2012-04-26T07:50:23","date_gmt":"2012-04-26T02:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pima.org.pk\/dev\/?p=577"},"modified":"2017-02-02T16:05:10","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T11:05:10","slug":"world-health-day-pima-suggests-six-point-health-plan-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pima.org.pk\/dev\/world-health-day-pima-suggests-six-point-health-plan-2\/","title":{"rendered":"World Health Day: PIMA suggests six-point Health plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Islamabad: April 7 is celebrated as World Health day worldwide. World health day provides an occasion for the countries to look at their health care system and plan accordingly to meet the millennium development goals. <\/span>The status of Public health in Pakistan is at one of the lowest level in the world. Our infant mortality rate is 90\/ 1000 and maternal mortality due to delivery
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complications is 45\/10000. One out of three babies are born with low birth weight. We are spending less than 1% of our GNP on health. Federal budget allocated 240 rupees per person for health in the previous budget. The amount of federal health budget is less than the amount of revenue collected from Tobacco companies. Hundreds of thousands of people die of preventable infectious diseases, gastric infections due to un clean water and poor nutrition. According to National Health survey one third of population above age 45 is suffering from high blood pressure, 27 % males smoke cigarette and about 10% of population is carrier of Hepatitis infection. These figures are alarming and demand an urgent approach. Death toll due to smoking alone is twice more than 2005 earthquake related death.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA) is suggesting a six point plan to improve health care of Pakistani people by governmental and non-governmental interventions.<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

Spend more on health<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n