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“Sehat Sahulat Program”: A Leap into the Universal Health Coverage in Pakistan

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  • Syed Shahzad Hasan

    (Department of Pharmacy, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK)

  • Zia Ul Mustafa

    (Department of Pharmacy Services, District Head Quarter Hospital, Pakpattan 57400, Pakistan)

  • Chia Siang Kow

    (School of Pharmacy, International Medical University, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur 57000, Malaysia)

  • Hamid A. Merchant

    (Department of Pharmacy, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK
    Health Services Academy, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan)

Abstract

Universal Health Coverage (UHC), initiative from the World Health Organization (WHO), is a means to provide the human right to health by providing essential health services to everyone, enabling disease prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and palliative care. In line with the WHO recommendations, the UHC was first introduced in Pakistan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province under the name ‘Sehat Sahulat Programme’ (SSP), literally ‘Health Facility Program’ in 2015. The provincial Government in Punjab approved a similar initiative in Punjab, the largest province (by population) of the country, and the program was later rolled out in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), Azad and Jammu Kashmir (AJK), Gilgit Baltistan (GB), Sindh, and Baluchistan provinces leaping into the nation-wide coverage. This article provides a current overview of the UHC initiative in Pakistan, analyses its progress in appraising key milestones, and makes recommendations to achieve a robust universal health coverage across Pakistan.

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  • Syed Shahzad Hasan & Zia Ul Mustafa & Chia Siang Kow & Hamid A. Merchant, 2022. "“Sehat Sahulat Program”: A Leap into the Universal Health Coverage in Pakistan," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(12), pages 1-9, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:12:p:6998-:d:833640
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