The writer is a former SAPM Health.
IT may sound premature to talk about ‘thereafter’ when the third wave of Covid-19 is raging. But it isn’t really too early. How countries respond to health emergencies is a direct function of how prepared they were at the time the emergency struck. Indeed, ‘health emergency’ can be a pure health issue, like the pandemic, or it can be corollary to any other local or national catastrophe such as earthquakes, floods and famine.
As the Covid-19 experience has shown, we were least prepared to face a health emergency. Despite Pakistan being prone to disasters, we have not systematically invested in health-related emergency preparations and hence our haphazard responses. The range of our lack of preparation for health emergencies extends across policies and operations. In 2016, WHO sponsored an independent evaluation of our “core capacities” to prevent, detect and respond to health threats in Pakistan. A big team of international experts s
Pak vaccinates 27,000 health workers in anti-coronavirus vaccination drive
Meanwhile, another 57 people died due to coronavirus, taking the toll to 12,185, while some 1,760 were in critical condition, according to the ministry of National Health Service.The total number of coronavirus cases in the country stands at 559,093.PTI | Islamabad | Updated: 11-02-2021 17:07 IST | Created: 11-02-2021 16:30 IST
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Pakistan has vaccinated about 27,000 frontline healthcare workers against the coronavirus during its ongoing anti-COVID-19 vaccination drive.
Prime Minister Imran Khan launched the anti-coronavirus vaccination drive on February 2, a day after the country received 500,000 doses of anti-coronavirus vaccine from China s Sinopharm.
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In this file photo, Prime Minister Imran Khan distributes Insaf Sehat Cards among beneficiaries at the Governor House in Punjab. Online
ISLAMABAD: The Sehat Sahulat Programme has moved a summary to the Prime Minister Office seeking approval to provide Qaumi Sehat Cards (QSC) to 100 per cent population of the federal capital.
According to estimates, there are 220,000 families who have permanent residence of the city as per their computerised national identity cards (CNICs). If approved, each family will get cashless indoor healthcare services up to Rs720,000 in a year.
A senior official of the Ministry of National Health Service (NHS) said the summary has been moved to the PM Office for approval.