The International Institute for Science, Technology and Education (IISTE)
Abstract
In the developing countries like Pakistan, the health sector has been persistently ignored rather neglected in all respects hitherto. Poor governance, maladministration, praetorians, militancy and extremism, stagflation and poverty, institutional dilapidation, social degeneration, plummeting growth indicators, population explosion, illiteracy and incompetence, political instability, incoherent and short sighted policies, limited availability of funds and inadequate budgetary allocation for education, health and water and sanitation, are a few factor meriting consideration by all. Cultural dimension also plays a role in Pakistan case as epitomized by the prevailing apprehensions of the populace belonging to rural areas particularly FATA and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa towards international and national initiatives on eradication of various diseases
