Timeline of healthcare in Pakistan
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This is a timeline of healthcare in Pakistan. Pakistan has a mixed health system that includes public, parastatal, private, civil society, philanthropic contributors, and donor agencies.[1]
Contents
Big picture
| Time period | Development summary |
|---|---|
| 21st century | Since 2000, a notable improvement in some health indicators is achieved mainly as a result of public, private programs and NGOs contributions.[1] |
Full timeline
| Year | Event type | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | The Generic Drug Act is introduced in Pakistan, with the aim at promoting generic medicines and to make them affordable and accessible. The act forbids the use of brand names in the prescriptions and emphasizes the use of generic names or international non-propietary names. However, the scheme would end in 1975 when 38 local manufacturing companies are found guilty of producing substandard drugs.[2] | ||
| 1994 | The first National Essential Medicines List (NEML) is prepared in Pakistan.[2] | ||
| 2015 | Pakistan fails to attain Millennium Developmental Goals (MDGs) 2015.[1] | ||
| 2016 | Pakistan settles the National Health Vision 2016-25, a program aimed to improve the health of all population particularly women and children, through universal access to affordable quality essential health services, and delivered through resilient and responsive health system.[1] |
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See also
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kumar, Santosh; Bano, Suria. "Comparison and Analysis of Health Care Delivery Systems: Pakistan versus Bangladesh". Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pharmaceutical Policy in Countries with Developing Healthcare Systems (Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar ed.).
