Muzzamil Muhammad, Naz Simra, Mumtaz Hassan, Omair Wajiha
Health Services Academy Islamabad, Pakistan.
Institute of Clinical Psychology, University of Karachi, Pakistan.
J Taibah Univ Med Sci. 2023 Mar 12;18(5):1055-1057. doi: 10.1016/j.jtumed.2023.03.002. eCollection 2023 Oct.
In this paper, we examine the current crisis of regarding preparedness of healthcare industries in Pakistan, analyzing the causes, effects, and potential recommendations to this problem.
Highlighting the efforts and issues surrounding this topic is necessary for developing and implementing research-based solutions that accurately reflect the current state of the healthcare industry. This short overview is prepared in accordance with accepted practices in published studies around the world. Our findings were based on a search of the literature databases PubMed, Google Scholar, Journals Online, and the Internet Library.
Searching for "Healthcare Preparedness in Pakistan" yielded the expected results. Particularly of interest to the researchers was the question of why, despite efforts to boost vaccination rates and emergency immunization response capacities in the event of epidemics, progress on SDG3 immunization indicators has been minimal. Immunization is critically important because vaccine-preventable diseases pose a significant risk to the general population. Pakistan's authorities and government should take deliberate action to increase immunization rates.
Particularly disadvantaged countries and regions are hit the worst by climate change. Pakistan continues to be hit hard by diseases like acute watery diarrhea, dengue fever, malaria, and COVID-19 are on the rise as a result of the flooding, especially in shelters and areas where water and sanitation systems have been affected. After devastating floods in KP, Sindh, and Punjab, over 70 suspected cases of diphtheria were reported. Diphtheria epidemics illustrate the precarious position of flood victims. It would be catastrophic if the newly found diphtheria strain or the covid-19 variation reached the underserved flood victims. Immunization protects against life-threatening illnesses so its government responsibility to improve immunization rates in Pakistan.
在本文中，我们审视了巴基斯坦医疗行业在应急准备方面的当前危机，分析其成因、影响以及针对该问题的潜在建议。
突出围绕该主题的努力和问题，对于制定和实施基于研究的解决方案至关重要，这些方案要准确反映医疗行业的当前状况。本简要概述是根据世界各地已发表研究的公认做法编写的。我们的研究结果基于对文献数据库PubMed、谷歌学术、在线期刊和互联网图书馆的搜索。
搜索“巴基斯坦医疗应急准备”得到了预期结果。研究人员特别感兴趣的问题是，尽管努力提高疫苗接种率以及在疫情发生时的紧急免疫应对能力，但可持续发展目标3免疫指标方面的进展却微乎其微。免疫至关重要，因为疫苗可预防疾病对普通人群构成重大风险。巴基斯坦当局和政府应采取深思熟虑的行动来提高免疫率。
特别弱势的国家和地区受气候变化影响最严重。巴基斯坦继续受到急性水样腹泻、登革热、疟疾等疾病的重创，由于洪水，新冠肺炎病例也在增加，特别是在避难所和水与卫生系统受到影响的地区。在开伯尔-普赫图赫瓦省、信德省和旁遮普省遭受毁灭性洪水后，报告了70多例疑似白喉病例。白喉疫情说明了洪水受害者的岌岌可危处境。如果新发现的白喉菌株或新冠病毒变种传播到服务不足的洪水受害者中，将是灾难性的。免疫可预防危及生命的疾病，因此提高巴基斯坦的免疫率是政府的责任。
