PAKISTAN: Overview

Current Projects

CURRENT CONDITIONS

Since gaining independence in 1947, Pakistan has struggled with economic and political instability. This has caused a large inequality gap, which has a profound impact on access to health care and resultant health outcomes.  Pakistan’s total fertility rate is now 4.1. Disparities in education and wealth are key mediating factors— the difference in fertility between the poorest and the richest quintiles of women is close to three children per woman. Women living in poverty often live in the most rural, hard to reach areas and do not have the resources to travel to health centers. When women do not have the opportunity to interact with a trained health worker, they miss out on information about family planning, maternal health, and reproductive health services.

MEETING DIVERSE NEEDS

Pathfinder began working in Pakistan in 1950 with funding from USAID. Now, with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Pathfinder is now launching its first project in Pakistan since 2005. This new effort will focus on integrating family planning into maternal, neonatal, and child health services.

Current Projects in Pakistan

Scaling-up Best Practices in Pakistan to Integrate Family Planning into Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health Services: This new project will assist the government of Pakistan to integrate family planning and reproductive health best practices in Sindh and Punjab provinces.

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