ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Friday said that the government was committed to providing universal health coverage to people and would allocate necessary resources for ongoing health care programmes for elimination of polio, tuberculosis and for addressing the issue of malnutrition and stunting. Addressing a conference in connection with World Health Day organized by Ministry of Health and World Health Organization (WHO), he said efforts of the government were aimed at ensuring quality and affordable healthcare. In its tenure, he said the federal government had given a vision, direction and improved capacity of departments, working under the health ministry. He said the Prime Minister’s Health Insurance Programme was successfully undertaken, giving health facilities to the poorest of the poor. He said more emphasis should be put on preventive health care to take away the burden from hospitals.

Source: Pakistan Today April 13, 2018 11:12 UTC