Poor Health Services
Public resources allocated for health sector in general and mother,newborn,and child health (MNCH) in particular are not only woefully low but are often spent in a manner that disproportionately benefits the rich relative to the poor.This feature of healthcare finance in Pakistan puts many households ,especially those belonging to marginalized groups, into a vulnerable situation.A study in the area of MNCH has highlighted that the public spending on health as percentage of GDP has never exceeded 0.7 per cent and this proportion has been dwindling over time.There is a related health video.
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Improved health services by UNICEF
At the provincial level,the study finds that the extent of inequality in the distribution of public health services utilisation is higher in Balochistan with benefits from most services captured by the rich rather than the poor.This could be due to poor governance in terms of public service delivery in the province or due to the deteriorating law and order situation a swell as sparse availability of public health services due to which poor people,especially those who live in remote areas,are notable to bear access costs related to transportation.
Deep Analaysis
The study recommends that the government needs to invest more in basic health services such as immunisation, and other services provided through BHUs as well as trained midwives ,LHVs and LHWs.Secondly,the study urges the government to address the imbalance against MNCH within hospital-based services and effectively target hospital-based services towards the poor
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