Bringing lady doctors back
Women’s education and availability of appropriate healthcare for them are necessary for protecting their health

Women’s education and availability of appropriate healthcare for them are necessary for protecting their health and for controlling the population growth. In Pakistan as well as in most Third World countries, low female literacy rate is one of the significant causes of the runaway increase in population and the unsatisfactory maternal and infant mortality rates. At preset maternal and infant mortality rates are too high in the country. Also, there is the issue of stunting in children. All this makes a strong case for increasing female literacy rate and for providing women with professional counselling. In countries with low literacy rate women fall victim to fistula. If the condition is not treated well in time, it causes a painful death. In the last stages of the disease even husband and family abandon the victim. The problem is caused when a dead baby is left in the womb for several days. The new initiative will greatly help mitigate female health issues.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 26th, 2019.
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