Population Association of Pakistan (PAP)

Congratulations Pakistan for launching 1st Maternal Mortality Survey in 10 years. Providing quality data, much needed for policy/programs. Event jointly organised by Ministry of Health #NIPS & @UNFPAPakistan graced by H.E. The President. #ICPD25 @FCDOGovUK @USAID @gatesfoundation

Pakistan Launched comprehensive Population Situation Analysis under leadership of H.E the President, it provides sound basis 4 making appropriate policy & program interventions for better Dev outcomes & improving wellbeing of people @PlanComPakistan @UNFPAPakistan @CanHCPakistan

Pakistan Population Situation Analysis provides recommendations to speed the demographic transition through reducing fertility levels & balancing population growth with environmentally sustainable social Development consistent with National Narrative on Population Growth.

23 officials from Fed/Provincial DOH, PWD & NGOs trained on different components of Supply Chain Management in 1st of its kind, 5-days virtual training to improve management capacities & processes. @UNFPAPakistan in partnership with University of Health Sciences Lahore.

Join us for the 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 on Tuesday, 18/08 on “𝐏𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗 – Dissemination Key Indicators Report” by the National Institute of Population Studies supported by @UNFPAPakistan

"19% of children under 5 in #Pakistan had diarrhea in the 2 weeks before the survey. 43% of children under 5 with recent diarrhea received oral rehydration therapy, but 14% received no treatment."-Mr. Zafar Zahir,NIPS. #PakistanDHS #defeatdd @UNICEF_Pakistan

95% of households in #Pakistan have access to an improved source of drinking water (excluding AJK & GB regions). #PakistanDHS @USAID_Pakistan @dhsprogram @UNFPAPakistan @ukinpakistan

"Among Pakistani women age 25-49, the median age at first marriage is 20.4 years followed by first sex at age 20.7 years. After 2 years of marriage, women have their first birth at 22.8 years."-Dr Tauseef Ahmed #PakistanDHS @UNFPAPakistan

In #Pakistan, the total demand for family planning among married women is 52%. 17% of married women have an unmet need for #familyplanning. Nearly half of the demand for family planning is satisfied by modern methods. #PakistanDHS #GlobalGoals @pid_gov