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ABOUT PAIMAN
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| The situation of maternal, newborn
and child health in Pakistan is one of the poorest in South Asia.
Despite some improvements in the 1990s, Pakistan has lagged behind
many of it neighbors in terms of health and population outcomes.
The infant mortality rate of 78 per 1000 live births and a
recently calculated maternal mortality rate of 276 per 100,000
live births are both higher than other neighboring South Asian
countries. Very high fertility rates, a high unmet need for family
planning and very low rates of skilled birth attendance are some
of the fundamental underlying causes for the poor health of women
and children in Pakistan. There are numerous additional factors
affecting this situation, including political instability, poor
governance, rising religious conservatism and militancy, a vastly
under-resourced public social sector, and a poorly functioning
public sector health service delivery system at the district
level. (more) |
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PAIMAN UPDATES: |
Overall to date: |
- PAIMAN has reached 2.4 million individuals in 10 districts
with messages and information about maternal and newborn health
care issues.
- Thirty one public sector health facilities have been
upgraded and re-equipped to provide 24/7 Emergency Obstetric and
Newborn Care Services in 10 districts.
- Eighteen hundred public sector providers have been trained
on Essential MNCH and Basic and Emergency Obstetric and Newborn
Care.
- Six hundred private sector clinics have been established to
provide care for poor urban populations.
- Seventy thousand clean delivery kits have been distributed
in the community.
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In 2008 |
- PAIMAN was awarded an additional $6 million to add two new
regions to its portfolio: two Agencies and two Frontier regions
of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and District
Swat in NWFP.
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| PAIMAN
PUBLICATIONS |
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District Health Profiles |
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PAIMAN project has prepared district health profiles
with an objective to provide basic information about the
project districts with particular focus on district health
system. It provides overview on district specific
topography, demography, health indicators & fertility
behavior, administrative... (more). |
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Baseline Publications |
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Population Council is a lead partner in Monitoring and Evaluation
(M&E) of the project to ensure that the success of PAIMAN is
properly ascertained, and that the appropriate lessons are
learned. The M&E Plan includes the establishment... (more). |
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Qualitative Formative Research Findings |
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PAIMAN carried out
formative research study from September 2005 to May 2006 in
seven districts, 3 in Punjab (DG Khan, Khanewal and Rawalpindi),
2 in Sindh (Dadu and Sukkur) and one each in Balochistan (Jaffarabad)
and NWFP(Buner)...(more). |
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Health Facility Assessment |
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Existing health care delivery system, both in the
public and private sector, was assessed through Health
Facilities Assessment (HFA) in 10 PAIMAN districts. Overall
objective of the assessment was to describe the
availability, functioning and quality of health care
delivery system in the... (more). |
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PAKISTAN: Community Midwives Gain Recognition But Concerns Remain
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Interactive workshop to train midwives ‘15,000 women die of pregnancy-related complications annually’
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Unsafe abortions cause over 10pc
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Population control plan launched in Pakistan
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Newborn mortality rate in Pakistan highest in Asia’
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Call to raise awareness about family planning
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PAKISTAN: Warning over maternal, infant mortality goals
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Family planning programme shows improvement in terms of coverage
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Family planning programme shows improvement in terms of coverage
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South Asia hotspot for maternal, child undernutrition: UNICEF
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