« Pakistan is facing double burden of diseases and lack of health facilities. Many of the diseases can be controlled at relatively low cost at primary and secondary care level »
Dr. Yasmeen Rashid
Minister Health, Govt. of Punjab
« The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that’s the essence of inhumanity »
Bernard Shaw
« The largest needs-based shortage of health workers is in South-East Asia at 6.9 million »
World Health Organization
« Health care is vital some of the time, but public health is vital all of the time »
Everett Koop
Vice Admiral, US Public Health
« The fact is that from their last immunization until the birth of their first child, adolescent girls have been off screen when it comes to development practice »
Judith Bruce
Policy Analyst, Population Council
« Policies, strategies and plans are not ends in themselves. They are part of the larger process that aims to align country priorities with the real health needs of the population »
World Health Organization
« Universal health coverage is one of the most power social equalizers among all policy options »
Dr. Margaret Chan
Director General WHO
« Life or death for a young child too often depends on whether he or she is born in a country where vaccines are available or not »
Nelson Mandela
« The function of protecting and developing health must rank even above that of restoring it when it is impaired »
Hippocrates
« Universal Health Coverage is a nation’s promise to its people »
Dr Sania Nishtar
BISP Chairperson
« I know that nurses are not only the largest healthcare profession but are responsible for the delivery of most healthcare »
Andrew Lansley
Politician
« You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning »
Hilary Clinton
« There has been a 60% rise in the number of migrant doctors and nurses working in OECD countries over the last decade »
World Health Organization
« Women are a key contributor to global health with 70% of the workforce, yet only 42% are paid »
World Health Organization
« Women account for 67% of all individuals with visual problems and utilize eye care services 40% less than men »
Fred Hollows
Fred Hollows Foundation
« If we want to find safe alternatives to obstetrics, we must rediscover midwifery. To rediscover midwifery is the same as giving back childbirth to women »
Michel Odent
French OB and Childbirth Specialist
« We live in a completely interdependent world. It (AIDS) is not someone else’s problem. This is everybody’s problem »