Health Issues in Pakistán

Presentated by:
Maliha Tahir
 Introduction

World Health Organization's Definition:

“Health is a state of complete physical, mental
and social well-being and not merely the absence
of disease or illness.”
 Health Condition in Pakistan

In 2015,
only 102.3 billion have been
invested out of 3.945 trillion
by the government on
improvement of health sector.

‘Pakistan Economic Survey 2014-2015’

5
% Healthy
 76 million
lack access to
sanitation

97%
of its surface water
54 million resources and mining
its groundwater to
Pakistanis out of a population support one of the
of 165 million do not have lowest productivities in
access to safe drinkingwat the world per unit of
water and per unit of
land

7 million
people became
victims of
malnutrition
 M a j o r Diseases in P a k i s t a n

non-communicable
Communicable Diseases
diseases

Chronic
disease
 Infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis,
malaria, polio, and several neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)
are easily spread through personal contact, water, and air.

Infectious disease still remains a major problem in Pakistan,

chronic diseases, including such non-communicable
conditions as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and
respiratory disease, are now the major cause of death and
disability.