Pakistan Health | MCQs

Explanation

Chandka is the old name of Larkana.

Larakana is also called city of Guavas.

Larkana is a city located in Sindh.

Explanation

Smallpox was eradicated in Pakistan in 1980, along with the rest of the world, as declared by the World Health Organization (WHO).

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The Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and New- borns (PAIMAN) was designed to assist the Government of Pakistan (GOP)

implement the full spectrum of interventions necessary to ad- dress maternal and newborn health issues in Pakistan.

Explanation

Balochistan reported the highest number of polio cases in Pakistan in 2024:

Balochistan: Reported the most cases with 27 infections

Sindh: Reported 23 cases

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Reported 22 cases

Islamabad: Reported one case

Punjab: Reported one case

Explanation

In line with WHO recommendations on Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
The provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) initiated the 'Sehat Sahulat Program' (SSP) in 2015.
The program, meaning 'Health Facility Program,' aims to provide health coverage.
It operates under the umbrella of Universal Health Coverage (UHC).

Explanation

"Pakistan's polio immunization campaign began in 1974, but eradication efforts officially started in 1994.

The country had the most polio cases worldwide in 2014."

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Prime Minister Imran Khan inaugurated the country’s first indigenous ventilators’ manufacturing facility on July 6, 2020. 

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Al-Shifa Trust was established with the aim of prevention and control of blindness by providing standard and sustainable eye care services which are accessible and affordable to all regardless of gender, race, color or religion.