National Health Support Program

The development objective of the National Health Support Program for Pakistan is to strengthen equitable delivery and quality of essential health services at the primary health care level in support of universal health coverage. Pakistan’s federal and provincial governments have embarked on a reform agenda to strengthen health systems performance and, in turn, health and nutrition outcomes. This translates into a three-pronged approach, in which the first set of reforms aims to align primary health care (PHC) to deliver a high-quality benefits package (BP), which entails demand generation and supply side readiness, such as of facilities, human resources (HR), and referral systems. The second set of reforms aims to establish integrated approaches to PHC delivery, including in financing, and the management of HR and information systems. And, finally, the third set of reforms aims to address the issue of inadequate financing for PHC and weak public financial management (PFM).