Pakistan is facing a growing health crisis where 68% of diseases are caused by unsafe drinking water.
With the population growing at 3.6% annually, one of the highest rates in the region, the pressure on already stretched health services is mounting.
Federal Health Minister Mustafa Kamal has warned that Pakistan’s system cannot sustain this rising burden if the focus remains only on treatment instead of prevention.
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“Our system waits for patients to fall sick before responding. Prevention is better than cure, we must protect people from falling ill in the first place,” he said at a ceremony on maternal and child health.
He stressed the urgent need for clean water, sewage treatment, and population control as essential steps toward building a healthy Pakistan. Without these measures, issues like child stunting, Hepatitis C, polio, and flood-borne illnesses will continue to weigh down the country’s future.
The message is clear: Pakistan’s path to health security lies not only in hospitals but in prevention, clean water, and sustainable population policies.
