With a neonatal mortality rate exceeding 45 per 1000 livebirths, a UNICEF report ranked Pakistan as the riskiest place to be born on earth. Although the recent Demographic and Health Survey indicates that the situation has improved, the neonatal mortality rate in Pakistan is among the highest in the world. Other health indicators, particularly those pertaining to maternal and child health and nutrition, are worse than other countries in the region with comparable or lower socioeconomic indicators. Pakistan is one of only two countries in the world where polio remains endemic and the country had little success in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), especially those related to maternal and child health outcomes.

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巴基斯坦的初级卫生保健改革

联合国儿童基金会的一份报告指出，由于新生儿死亡率超过每千个生命中的45个，巴基斯坦被列为地球上最危险的出生地。尽管最近的《人口与健康调查》表明情况有所改善，但巴基斯坦的新生儿死亡率是世界上最高的国家之一。其他健康指标，特别是那些与母婴健康和营养有关的指标，比该地区其他具有可比或较低的社会经济指标的国家差。巴基斯坦是世界上脊髓灰质炎仍然流行的仅有的两个国家之一，该国在实现千年发展目标（特别是与母婴健康成果有关的千年发展目标）方面几乎没有成功。