UM Healthcare Trust aims to provide subsidised and affordable healthcare services to the rural communities in Pakistan.

The Need

Pakistan is experiencing an acute shortage of qualified healthcare specialists and adequate health facilities in rural areas of Pakistan.  For a population of over 160 million people, there are less than 110,000 registered medical doctors and  no more than 1,000 government run hospitals. Furthermore, Pakistan has one of the highest infant (86.8/1000) and maternal (170.8/1000) mortality rates in the region.

World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 70% of Pakistanis never get to see a doctor in their entire life and instead rely on Lady Health Workers (LHWs) for their medical needs. These LHW are government trained healthcare workers who operate out of their homes in rural areas of Pakistan providing primary and maternal care. There are over 100,000 such healthcare workers in Pakistan, each responsible for a community of about 1,000 in their neighborhood.

Main Objectives

The following are the main objectives of UM Healthcare Trust:

• To provide immediate medical care to the needy in best possible way.
• To make use of innovative technologies in extending healthcare services.
• To assist the sick in seeking and getting consultancy services and medical treatment from experienced medical specialists operating anywhere in Pakistan or in rest of the world through application of latest tele-medicine technologies
• To focus on mother and childcare and to provide pre-natal and postnatal services to the targeted population.
• To disseminate knowledge and to spread awareness regards preventive care, hygiene and cleanliness with particular emphasis on clean water and environment.
• To participate in initiatives of the Government and other relevant organizations regarding health care, population welfare, vaccination, emergency medical services, extension  of health care education and the like.
• To take part in research and disease surveillance relevant to health care.

United Nations Millennium Development Goals (UN MDG)

The Trusts goals are also aligned with the following MDGs of United Nations for 2015.

• Reduce Child Mortality
• Improve Maternal Health
• Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other diseases (Spread of Hepatitis-C)