Comments on: In Pakistan, Dispatches from Frontlines of Health Com http://www.infoforhealth.org/blog/?p=347 A conversation on the latest family planning and reproductive health information. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:28:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Farha http://www.infoforhealth.org/blog/?p=347#comment-3134 Farha Mon, 12 May 2008 14:33:49 +0000 http://www.infoforhealth.org/blog/?p=347#comment-3134 Being a Pakistani-American, sometimes I don't even think twice about the appalling health conditions in the country, particularly in tribal and rural areas. With Pakistan's political conditions always in the limelight, other important issues such as the health of women and children are often put on the backburner. (Remember the Pakistani Earthquake in October 2005? In my view, that catastrophe was never really put on the frontburner.) I truly admire Dr. Zaeemul Haq for shedding some light on this problem, and agree that more can be done to bring attention to it. While Pakistani Brokaws may help (of course, nothing is really an "issue" unless the media defines it as such), aid is reaching Pakistan via the country's own NGOs as well as development and relief agencies based in the US and UK: Islamic Relief, Helping Hand, and Asia Relief to name a few. Being a Pakistani-American, sometimes I don’t even think twice about the appalling health conditions in the country, particularly in tribal and rural areas. With Pakistan’s political conditions always in the limelight, other important issues such as the health of women and children are often put on the backburner. (Remember the Pakistani Earthquake in October 2005? In my view, that catastrophe was never really put on the frontburner.)
I truly admire Dr. Zaeemul Haq for shedding some light on this problem, and agree that more can be done to bring attention to it. While Pakistani Brokaws may help (of course, nothing is really an “issue” unless the media defines it as such), aid is reaching Pakistan via the country’s own NGOs as well as development and relief agencies based in the US and UK: Islamic Relief, Helping Hand, and Asia Relief to name a few.

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