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Health in Pakistan, the Glossary

Pakistan is the fifth most populous country in the world with population approaching 225 million.^[1]

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BCG vaccine

The Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine is a vaccine primarily used against tuberculosis (TB).

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Child mortality

Child mortality is the death of children under the age of five.

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Cholera

Cholera is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.

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Coronavirus

Coronaviruses are a group of related RNA viruses that cause diseases in mammals and birds.

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Dengue fever

Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease caused by dengue virus, prevalent in tropical and subtropical areas.

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Diabetes

Diabetes mellitus, often known simply as diabetes, is a group of common endocrine diseases characterized by sustained high blood sugar levels.

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Diarrhea

Diarrhea (American English), also spelled diarrhoea or diarrhœa (British English), is the condition of having at least three loose, liquid, or watery bowel movements in a day.

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Diphtheria

Diphtheria is an infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae.

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DPT vaccine

The DPT vaccine or DTP vaccine is a class of combination vaccines against three infectious diseases in humans: diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), and tetanus (lockjaw).

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Dysentery

Dysentery, historically known as the bloody flux, is a type of gastroenteritis that results in bloody diarrhea.

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Education in Pakistan is overseen by the Federal Ministry of Education and the provincial governments, while the federal government mostly assists in curriculum development, accreditation and the financing of research and development.

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Emergency medicine

Emergency medicine is the medical speciality concerned with the care of illnesses or injuries requiring immediate medical attention.

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Expanded Program on Immunization

The Expanded Program on Immunization is a World Health Organization program with the goal to make vaccines available to all children.

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Family planning

Family planning is the consideration of the number of children a person wishes to have, including the choice to have no children, and the age at which they wish to have them.

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Forbes

Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917 and owned by Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014.

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Gulf News

Gulf News is a daily English language newspaper published from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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Health care

Health care, or healthcare, is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people.

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Hepatitis B

Hepatitis B is an infectious disease caused by the Hepatitis B virus (HBV) that affects the liver; it is a type of viral hepatitis.

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Infant mortality

Infant mortality is the death of an infant before the infant's first birthday.

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Influenza-like illness

Influenza-like illness (ILI), also known as flu-like syndrome or flu-like symptoms, is a medical diagnosis of possible influenza or other illness causing a set of common symptoms.

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Islamabad

Islamabad (اسلام&zwnj;آباد|translit.

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Journal of Pakistan Medical Association

The Journal of Pakistan Medical Association is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal published by the Pakistan Medical Association.

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Malaria

Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects vertebrates.

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Maternal mortality ratio

The maternal mortality ratio is a key performance indicator (KPI) for efforts to improve the health and safety of mothers before, during, and after childbirth per country worldwide.

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Measles

Measles is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable infectious disease caused by measles virus.

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Meningococcal disease

Meningococcal disease describes infections caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis (also termed meningococcus).

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Military hospital

A military hospital is a hospital owned and operated by a military.

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Nursing

Nursing is a health care profession that "integrates the art and science of caring and focuses on the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and human functioning; prevention of illness and injury; facilitation of healing; and alleviation of suffering through compassionate presence".

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Obesity

Obesity is a medical condition, sometimes considered a disease, in which excess body fat has accumulated to such an extent that it can potentially have negative effects on health.

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Out-of-pocket expense

An out-of-pocket expense, or out-of-pocket cost (OOP), is the direct payment of money that may or may not be later reimbursed from a third-party source.

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Pakistan

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.

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Pakistani cuisine

Pakistani cuisine (پاکستانی پکوان, romanized: pākistānī pakwān) can be characterized as a blend of regional cooking styles and flavours from across South, Central and Western Asia.

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Paramedic

A paramedic is a healthcare professional trained in the medical model, whose main role has historically been to respond to emergency calls for medical help outside of a hospital.

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Pneumonia

Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli.

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Polio

Poliomyelitis, commonly shortened to polio, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus.

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Poliovirus

Poliovirus, the causative agent of polio (also known as poliomyelitis), is a serotype of the species Enterovirus C, in the family of Picornaviridae.

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Population growth

Population growth is the increase in the number of people in a population or dispersed group.

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Poverty in Pakistan

Poverty in Pakistan has been recorded by the World Bank at 39.3% using the lower middle-income poverty rate of 3.2 per day for the fiscal year 2020–21.

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Public health

Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals".

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Rotavirus

Rotaviruses are the most common cause of diarrhoeal disease among infants and young children.

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Scabies

Scabies (also sometimes known as the seven-year itch) is a contagious human skin infestation by the tiny (0.2–0.45 mm) mite Sarcoptes scabiei, variety hominis.

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Sehat Sahulat Program

The Sehat Sahulat Program is a flagship social health insurance initiative launched by the Government of Pakistan in 2015 with the name of 'Pakistan Sehat Card' to provide free healthcare services to the underprivileged population of the country then carried on by PTI government in 2019, under name of Sehat Sahulat Card later known as Sehat Insaf Card.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_in_Pakistan

Also known as Cancer in Pakistan, Child health in Pakistan, Maternal health in Pakistan, Vaccination in Pakistan.

, Urbanisation in Pakistan, Viral hepatitis, Whooping cough, Women in Pakistan, World Health Organization, Youth in Pakistan.

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