Health and Wellbeing

Healthcare as a Right and an Amanah

3. Health and Wellbeing

Healthcare as a Right and an Amanah

Every citizen must have access to essential healthcare regardless of income, location, gender or political affiliation.

Pakistan’s health system will be rebuilt from the neighbourhood upward. Primary health, preventive care, maternal and child health, nutrition, vaccination, clean water, sanitation and mental wellbeing will take precedence over politically visible but inaccessible projects.

Local Primary Healthcare

Local governments will receive defined responsibility and funding for:

B

Basic health units (BHU) and dispensaries.

M

Maternal and child health centres.

V

Vaccination and disease surveillance.

S

School health screening.

C

Community nutrition.

C

Clean drinking water testing.

S

Sanitation and vector control.

E

Emergency referral and ambulance coordination.

Each union council will maintain a public health profile covering population, maternal health, vaccination, malnutrition, disability and disease patterns.

District Health Networks

Each district will operate an integrated network:

Community worker → BHU → rural health centre or town clinic → district hospital → tertiary referral

Digital patient records and referral tracking will reduce repeated testing, corruption and the loss of patients between institutions.

Essential medicines will be purchased through transparent pooled procurement. Public facilities will display medicine availability, staff rosters and complaint channels.

Maternal, Child and Women’s Health

Maternal and child health will receive protected funding. Services will include:

A

Antenatal and postnatal care.

S

Skilled birth attendance.

E

Emergency obstetric referral.

N

Nutrition for mothers and children.

F

Family health education within Islamic ethical principles.

S

Screening for breast and cervical cancers.

S

Safe and dignified women’s health facilities.

Women’s desks in public institutions will include health-service facilitation and complaint support.

Nutrition, Poverty and Household Wellbeing

Food inflation, high energy prices and indirect taxation directly damage health by reducing household expenditure on nutrition, medicine and education.

Economic relief is therefore part of health policy. Lower fuel and electricity costs, fair wages, food-price enforcement and targeted nutrition support will protect family wellbeing.

Welfare beneficiaries facing malnutrition, pregnancy, disability or chronic illness will receive targeted health and food support alongside education and livelihood pathways.

Mental Health, Addiction and Youth Protection

Pakistan requires a national mental-health and addiction strategy.

Educational institutions will receive:

D

Drug-prevention programmes.

C

Confidential counselling.

R

Referral systems.

A

Anti-bullying measures.

D

Digital and screen-health education.

T

Training for teachers and parents.

E

Enforcement against drug suppliers around campuses.

Youth policy must protect character, purpose and psychological wellbeing alongside physical health and employment.

Sports, Recreation and Healthy Communities

Federal, provincial and local budgets will expand and rehabilitate sports grounds in every city, town and village.

Young women will receive separate, safe sports and recreational facilities consistent with Islamic values and local needs.

Parks, walking tracks, open-air gyms, children’s areas and neighbourhood recreation will become municipal responsibilities. JI’s practical local-government work, including pocket parks, public gyms, walking paths, playgrounds and vandal-resistant community facilities, provides a replicable model.

Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities

Senior citizens will receive:

T

Timely pensions.

P

Priority counters in public institutions.

C

Community health screening.

D

Discounted essential medicines and public transport where fiscally possible.

H

Home-based assistance for the severely disabled.

Persons with disabilities will have guaranteed access to education, vocational training, public buildings, digital services and employment quotas.

Environmental Health

Large-scale afforestation, wildlife protection, clean tourism, safe water, pollution control and proper solid-waste disposal will be treated as health interventions.

Urban planning will reduce exposure to open sewage, burning waste, unsafe construction, dust and contaminated water.

Implementation Flow

UC health profile → primary-care funding → medicine and staff reform → referral network → maternal and nutrition services → mental-health and addiction response → public performance dashboard

Core Outcomes

A

Accessible neighbourhood healthcare.

L

Lower maternal and child risk.

I

Improved nutrition and prevention.

C

Cleaner settlements.

D

Drug-free educational environments.

H

Healthier youth, women and senior citizens.