National Human Resource For Heath Vision To Be Launched On Wednesday

The document of National Human Resource for Health (HRH) Vision 2018-30 will be formally launched by Federal and Provincial Ministries of Health here on Wednesday.

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 3rd Apr, 2018 ) :The document of National Human Resource for Health (HRH) Vision 2018-30 will be formally launched by Federal and Provincial Ministries of Health here on Wednesday.

Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, in consultation with the provincial departments of Health and other stakeholders have developed the Human Resource for Health Vision 2018-30.

This document provides guidance for deploying strategic measures and suggests linkages along with the scope of work for the national and provincial health systems, allowing all to plan their own agendas, albeit with some principles and strategic choices that are common and mutually agreed upon.

Adequate numbers, quality and well-performing health workers are crucial for effective functioning of health systems. Through an effective and efficient health workforce, Pakistan aims to successfully implement the agenda of right to health wellbeing and to ensure economic and social development of its people.

Human resources for health underpins the health goal of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as health systems can only function with a health workforce fully geared towards meeting the contemporary challenges.

Human Resource for Health is not only a specific SDG3 target (SDG3c) but is vital in achieving the universal health coverage (UHC). The contribution of health workers thus needs to be seen in a wider context of its role in the larger economy of the country than merely achieving SDG3.

Pakistan has one of the lowest densities of health workers in the region and globally, with an essential and skilled health professional (physicians including specialists, nurses, lady health visitors and midwives) density of 1.4 per 1,000 population, which is much below the indicative minimum threshold of 4.45 physicians, nurses and midwives per 1,000 population necessary to achieve universal health coverage.

Pakistan Vision 2025 reflects the government's commitment of investment in the social sector including health as a top priority. The National Health Vision (NHV; 2016 2025) provides a unified common health vision for universal health care, especially for women and children of Pakistan.

One of the major actions under NVH is formulation of Pakistan's Human Resources for Health (HRH) vision.