1. Farida Rashid Chairperson Islamabad Women Chamber of Commerce & Industry Pakistan

2. Pakistan ’s Overview Federal Capital: Islamabad
Boundaries with: bordering the Arabian Sea between India on the east and Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north
Population: 207,774,520 (Provisional Census 2017)
Male 106,449,322
Female ,314,780
Literacy Rate: %
Male %
Female % (2015 EST.)

3. Pakistan ’s Overview GDP Growth Rate: 5.3% (2016-17)
Health expenditures 2.6% of GDP
Education expenditures 0.5% of GDP
Budget – Health: Rs 12,379 Million
Budget – Education: Rs 84,707 Million

4. Women Chambers in Pakistan
Infancy Stage
Regulated Trade Bodies (Ministry of Commerce & SECP)
Amendments made in Trade Organizations Ordinance in 2007
12 Registered Women Chambers in Pakistan
Active Role in Policy Advocacy
Representation at Public Forums to raise voice to highlight women business related issues

5. Role of Women Chambers in Health Sector
Free Awareness Camps at Chamber – Healthy Person-Active role in every field
Celebration of Pink Day – Awareness Session about Breast Cancer
Visit to educational institutions to give awareness about basic health issues
Arrangement of seminars on Pollution Control
Training Programs on Civic Education
Vaccination Campaign with Pepsi Pakistan to control Hepatitis “B”
Join hands with government for controlling Dengue
Give recommendation to Government for improving Health Budget

6. Role of Women Chambers in Education Sector
Arrangement of lectures at Chamber about importance of education (improvement of literacy rate)
Visit to markets to help children for creating their interests to go schools instead of being involved in work.
Financial support to financially deprived children
Supported schools in rural areas - providing books
Linkage with Schools and universities – promote entrepreneurship as a career choice

7. Role of Government in Health Sector
Low budget allocation – budget needs to be enhanced
Lack of good health facilities in public sector hospitals and health units
Lack of health facilities in rural areas – better facilities must be provided
Social Security provides healthcare facilities to labour – limited number
Attention of the government was invited to improve basic health units – decrease in mortality rate
Provincial Government in provinces of KPK and Punjab putting efforts to improve health facilities
Policy reforms are needed to improve health sector

8. Government’s Healthcare Programmes
Prime Minister’s National Health Program
Prime Minister’s Program for Prevention and Control of Hepatitis in Pakistan
Polio Eradication Initiatives
Cancer Treatment Program
Drug Abuse

9. Government’s Healthcare Programmes
Family Planning and Primary Health Care (FP&PHC)
Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI)
Malaria Control Program
Tuberculosis (TB) Control Program
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Control Program
Maternal & Child Health Program

10. Public Sector Expenditure on Health

11. Health & Nutrition Expenditures (2000-01 to 2016-17) (Rs. billion)
Fiscal Years
Public Sector Expenditure (Federal and Provincial)
Percentage Change
Health Expenditure as % of GDP
Total Health Expenditures
Development Expenditure
Current Expenditure
55.12
26.25
28.87
30.96
0.27
125.96
33.47
92.49
128.51
0.56
173.42
58.74
114.68
37.68
0.69
199.32
69.13
130.19
14.94
0.72
225.33
78.07
147.26
13.05
0.76
July-March
133.93
39.94
94.00 -
145.97
37.47
108.50
8.99
0.46
Source: Finance Division (PF Wing)

12. Healthcare Facilities (Numbers)
Health Manpower
Registered Doctors
152368
160880
167759
175223
184711
195896
Registered Dentists
11649
12692
13716
15106
16652
18333
Registered Nurses
77683
82119
86183
90276
94766
99228
Population per Doctor
1162
1123
1099
1073
1038
997
Population per Dentist
15203
14238
13441
12447
11513
10658
Population per Bed
1647
1616
1557
1591
1604
1584
Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics

13. Role of Government in Education Sector
Low budget in education sector as well
Provincial government through laptop schemes encouraging youth for education
Provision of free books in public sector schools
Efforts are being made to decrease drop out rate at primary level
Provide sector schools education level better than public sector PHD
Reforms in education are needed to improve level of education and literacy rate
Budget increased for producing more PHDs

14. Literacy Rate

15. Enrolment and Institutions

16. Availability of Teachers

17. Mainstream Institutions, Enrolment & Teachers

18. Expenditure on Education (Figures)

19. Expenditure on Education (Graphical)

20. Areas of Cooperation among CACCI Chambers
Formulation of core group for exchange of information and to discuss key issues/challenges
Preparation of strategy paper for active role of Chamber in health and education sector
Exchange of information about the best practices by private sector to improve health and education sector
Exchange of information by the key reforms made by the respective governments
Setting of a sub-portal at CACCI website to upload country specific information on policy reforms

21. Role of Women Entrepreneurs
Use of Chamber platform to fight for the rights of women
Holding of policy dialogues to bring needed reforms
Creation of strong linkages with the public stakeholder organizations for possible collaboration
Setting of stall in exhibitions representation to health and education sector
To arrange endowment fund
Celebration of health and education days in Chambers

22. Thank you