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According to latest statistics, Pakistan spends 2.95% of its GDP on health (2020). [5] Pakistan per capita income (PPP current international $,) is 6.437.2 in 2022 [6] and the current health expenditure per capita (current US$) is 38.18. [7] The total adult literacy rate in Pakistan is 58% (2019) [7] and primary school enrollment is 68% (2018). [7]
The COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan is part of the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).The virus was confirmed to have reached Pakistan on 26 February 2020, when two cases were recorded (a student in Karachi who had just returned from Iran and another person in the Islamabad Capital Territory). [3]
The private health sector constitutes a diverse group of doctors, nurses, pharmacists, traditional healers, drug vendors, as well as laboratory technicians, shopkeepers and unqualified practitioners. Development of life expectancy in Pakistan. Despite the increase in public health facilities, Pakistan's population growth has generated an unmet ...
August 16, 2024 at 4:09 AM. PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s health ministry said Friday it has identified a case of mpox, but sequencing is being done to determine whether it is a new ...
August 16, 2024 at 6:29 AM. By Mushtaq Ali and Charlotte Greenfield. PESHAWAR (Reuters) -Pakistan's health ministry has confirmed at least one case of the mpox virus in a patient who had returned ...
Testing statistics. The two charts below display historical COVID-19 testing data since 3 April 2020, when reliable testing data became available in Pakistan. The first chart covers raw data of numbers of cumulative tests, new tests, and cumulative confirmed cases and new confirmed case counts for comparison with testing numbers.
Confirmed cases. 86,133 in Punjab (as of September 2023) In September 2023, there was an occurrence of conjunctivitis, commonly referred to as pink eye, in multiple cities across Pakistan. The outbreak initially began in Karachi and subsequently extended to Lahore, eventually reaching Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. [1][2]
Pakistan's death rate, as given by the World Bank, is 7.28 per 1000 people in 2015. In 2015, the suicide rate in Pakistan was approximately 9 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, slightly below the global average. [2] Similarly, suicides represent 0.9% of all deaths. Pakistan's healthcare system is fragile, and mental health resources are severely ...