The speakers at the first-ever national health security workshop held here on Thursday said in Pakistan, public sector covered only 20 percent in health, and rest of the 80 percent was borne by the private sector that demanded a public-private partnership to harness and limit private sector through an effective way of utilizing the private sector.
A one-day workshop on Health Security was jointly organised by Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) and SehatSahulat Program (SSP) where health professional and experts highlighted the present status of healthcare in Pakistan, and stressed upon the need for making it a universal service across the country, a news release said.
