Framework for Advancing Health Care in Pakistan

Abstract

"Health inequity is prevalent in developing countries and despite of showing success in terms of national averages health attainment in developing countries has not reached up to the mark of desired outcome. Patterns of these inequities can be seen in our country and society in both the directions i.e. horizontal and vertical. Inequity in the domain of health is vital as it is considered as a significant factor for human life and development. Moreover, these inequities in health lead to other inequities prevalent in our society that contributes again in health inequity. Therefore it can be said that inequities in health are the consequences of various factors i.e. Individual factor, social inequities, economical inequities, cultural value and beliefs, environmental conditions, system factors and discriminatory beliefs. In order, to overcome these inequities ‘health equity’ is a perfect approach to address."