Technology in mental health care
WITH the world becoming increasingly aware of the snowballing mental health (MH) crisis, there has been a corresponding rise in digital-based solutions designed to respond and scale the delivery of…
In Virginia, charity offers health care to needy
In Wise, a town in rural western Virginia, hundreds of people have lined up at the county fairgrounds for a numbered ticket, some of them 24 hours ahead of time.…
Indonesia’s poor swap garbage for health care
Mahmud hauls bags full of rubbish to the small, dilapidated clinic next to a busy road on Indonesia's main island of Java several times a month. There he exchanges grubby…
Healthcare math
Pakistan stands at the brink of a healthcare crisis. The warning signs are flashing – overwhelmed hospitals, absent care in rural areas and a crippling shortage of frontline responders during…
Our healthcare workforce crisis
Imagine a country where a woman dies every 50 minutes from pregnancy-related complications. That’s not fiction – that’s Pakistan in 2024, according to the UNFPA. Now add a healthcare system…
Improving mental healthcare
A COUNTRY’S socioeconomic challenges and the risk of ill mental health among the population are closely related. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), there is a benefit-cost ratio of…
Reimagining healthcare
IN the face of stark adversity, a drop of ‘re-imagination’ has fallen in the stagnant, stinky waters; stirring them, and creating the first small ripples. I hope the ripples grow…
Urban healthcare
OVER 55 per cent of the world population lives in cities. With fast-growing urbanisation, this figure is set to rise to 68pc by 2050. Pakistan is one of the most…
Healthcare during floods
PAKISTAN has been hit by unprecedented deadly floods. These are flash floods to be exact, which are caused by rapid and excessive rainfall that raises water heights quickly, overtaking rivers, streams,…
Healthcare reforms
PAKISTAN is a struggling nation. The country spends billions of rupees on the education of medical students in public-sector universities. But they either opt to move abroad for greener pastures…
