Fighting Child Mortality: Seoul lends a helping hand
Pakistan is experiencing the second highest child mortality rate in the West Asia.
For this reason, the government of the South Korea has pledged US $46 million from the Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) and concessional financing for the establishment of a children’s hospital in northern Sindh, an area that has the highest mortality rate in Pakistan among infants and children under 5 years of age.
The feasibility study of the 200-bed hospital has already been completed by Korean consultants.
The health department of the provincial government will be the project execution agency and will be responsible for the planning, implementation, management, supervision of the project.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 15th, 2013.
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