“The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition,” said the World Health Organization (WHO). 

Pakistan is attributed to the lack of access to basic health care services, poverty, lack of health infrastructure and personnel, illiteracy, women’s low status, inadequate water supplies, and sanitation. In urban areas, access to healthcare clinics and facilities is not a problem, though the general state and quality of public services are very poor.

Last year, the number of diseases in the country – including dengue, Congo virus, malaria, typhoid, measles and HIV/AIDS, among others – witnessed a sharp increase, owing to different factors, including environmental pollution, unawareness about disease prevention, consumption of contaminated food and water and the general lack of healthy eating habits among the masses. Children, in particular, became vulnerable to different viruses and fatal diseases, including typhoid and polio.