South Asia Health Rankings Pakistan 2023: Why the Country Continues to Lag Behind Regional Peers

Doctors and patients at a public hospital in Pakistan highlighting healthcare challenges and health indicators in South Asia.

The South Asia Health Rankings Pakistan 2023 data has landed with a familiar message: Pakistan is still behind where it should be, and the gap with several regional neighbors has not closed meaningfully. Life expectancy, maternal health, child mortality, and basic healthcare access all remain areas where Pakistan’s numbers trail the regional picture. Some indicators have moved in the right direction over the past decade. That progress is real and worth acknowledging. But it has been uneven, and the structural problems that drive poor health outcomes in Pakistan have not…

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