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ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on National Health Services Dr Zafar Mirza has said the primary health care system is being strengthened to ensure universal health coverage.
He was addressing the annual Public Health Conference in Islamabad on Tuesday.
The SAPM said the government is giving priority to bringing improvements in the health sector.
The process is continuing to enhance the health budget.
The amount collected from federal excise duty on beverages and the cigarette will be spent on the health.
He said the marginalised segments of society are being provided with ‘Sehat Insaaf Cards’.
The SAPM further said the federal government is also bringing a nutrition programme worth Rs500 billion with the cooperation of provinces.
He added that the government had planned to upgrade the primary healthcare system to ensure provision of best medical services to everyone.
A total of 26 rural health centers (RHCs) of the federal capital were being upgraded while the government was also focusing on making improvement in basic health units (BHUs).
He said that there was a plan to increase services at major hospitals of the federal capital.
He added that the main focus of the government was to improve the healthcare delivery system.
He said Pakistan was the first country in the world to use localised evidence on Disease Control Priorities 3 and Burden of Disease to develop an essential package of health services.
The achievement of this milestone and implementation of the package in the future would help to improve health outcomes and making speedy progress towards universal healthcare.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 4th, 2019.
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