Health, population services: We stand exactly where we were at the turn of the century

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan - Health, population services: We stand exactly where we were at the turn of the century: "Findings of the Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey (PDHS) 2006-07 belie the government's much-trumpeted healthcare and population welfare achievements in recent years as status on these two fronts of public interest either remained stagnant or even worsened in the last seven years or so despite tremendous increase in budgetary allocations, claims an international group promoting public awareness on safe motherhood and the mother and child health [...] They feared if things kept going in the same manner, achieving targets set by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on better maternal health and reduced child mortality rate by 2015 would most probably remain a farfetched dream..."