Almost half of 812 cities surveyed world-wide still do not have climate adaption plans despite them admitting future risks from water-shortages, heat and disease.
ISLAMABAD: The unprecedented nature of Covid-19 pandemic and Pakistan’s historic weaknesses in the health sector require a strategic reorganisation of healthcare delivery consistent with community needs and elevation of preventive and promotive healthcare strategies, says a new report released jointly by UN Development Programme and the human rights ministry on Wednesday.
Suggesting measures that are needed to mitigate the effects of the current pandemic, and ensuring that Pakistan is better prepared and more resilient in the face of any future disasters and disease outbreaks, the report, ‘Covid-19 and Disaster Vulnerability in Pakistan’ says Covid-19 should serve as a sharp wake-up call to have an improved healthcare system with the highest hygiene and sanitisation standards in places of high human interaction, specifically in hospitals.
Poverty reduction journey facing economic slowdown
Islamabad
February 4, 2021
Islamabad : Pakistan’s impressive journey to reduce poverty in the last two decades is currently facing the risk of a protracted economic slowdown, or worse, a reversal in development gains due to the impact of COVID-19.
This was stated in a detailed report on ‘Covid-19 and Disaster Vulnerability in Pakistan: A Human Rights Based Analysis’ launched by the Ministry of Human Rights (MoHR) in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Pakistan, on Wednesday.
The report terms Pakistan government’s health response to a global pandemic as impressive. “However, the unprecedented nature of the virus and Pakistan’s historic weaknesses in the health sector have highlighted some areas that require considerations through a human-rights lens,” it mentions adding that strengthening Pakistan’s health system requires a strategic reorganization of healthcare delivery consistent