IHS Pakistan
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Integrated Health Services, Pakistan or (IHS Pakistan) is an organisation in the healthcare sector in Pakistan
. It was established in 1996 with the aim of offering reliable, high quality, affordable healthcare suitable for all levels of society.
and is governed by a seven member board of directors. Executive Director, who is a member of the board serves as the administrative head. IHS operations across Pakistan are divided into two regions, North and South Pakistan, each being supervised by a Regional Administrator. It is providing both curative and preventive health services besides working with the National program for control of Hepatitis
, TB
and international organizations like Mercy Corps
, Save the Children
(UK), Concern Worldwide
, Plan International and Global Fund on primary healthcare and health awareness in various areas of the country.
Integrated Health Services is involved in health service delivery and preventive healthcare through development of health systems that are efficient, quality oriented, cost effective and self sustainable. It integrates preventive and curative health services focusing on the neglected areas of the healthcare spectrum in Pakistan with emphasis on prevention and early detection of diseases & disabilities through better primary healthcare provision.
In the last 12 years IHS has grown into a conglomerate of health services with no parallel in Pakistan
having diverse health interests ranging from clinics, hospitals, labs, vaccination centers, corporate & school health services, health infra-structure development, home and emergency medical care, research, clinical trials, health education, occupational health & trainings.
IHS Pakistan has seven divisions. Each division focuses on specific aspects of the health spectrum like school health, occupational health, clinical care, emergency services, home nursing care, etc. Thus providing complete healthcare solutions for various segments of the society ranging from a school going child to a corporate executive, expatriates, elderly, families and industrial workers.
IHS has the distinguished honor of being the pioneers in school health, home medical care, corporate health services and occupational health consultancy in Pakistan. It is operating the largest school health network in Pakistan, the most organized, effective and efficient Home Medical Care services in the country, a comprehensive corporate health system on a national level, and Occupational health trainings & consultancies with the largest client base.
IHS also operates as the implementing agency for various international donors in Pakistan in the health sector. Its doing a World Bank
funded project titled 'Youth HIV Forums' where the youth in colleges and universities are motivated to create awareness about HIV
and help the patients with AIDS
. This project is a part of the World Bank's SARDM (South Asian Regional Development Marketplace) 2008 initiative.
IHS is also implementing a Global Fund (GFATM) project as a sub-recipient of Round-6 by creating awareness about TB (Tuberculosis) through establishing "School TB Clubs" ((http://www.schooltbclubs.com)) in which school children (ages 10 to 15) mostly in the rural areas in 10 districts of Pakistan are made 'Ambassadors of TB', who then create awareness about the disease in their communities. Mercy Corps Pakistan is the principal recipient of GFATM for this 5 year project which is the first of its kind being implemented in the world.
IHS had made the 'National Clinical Guidelines for Viral Hepatitis Case Management' for the Pakistan's Hepatitis Control Program in 2006. These guidelines were meant to standardize the treatment of viral hepatitis specially Hepatitis B & C which have a prevalence of almost 4 to 8% in Pakistan as per various surveys.
On the clinical side IHS is operating a specialized Children Hospital in Islamabad
, a national home nursing service besides clinics in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi and a free hospital in Balakot
in association with UAE Red Crescent Society which was formed after the 2005 earthquake that struck the northern areas of Pakistan
.
Center for Advancement of Health & Social Sciences (CAHSS) (cahss.edu.pk) is another IHS subsidiary that imparts continuing medical education to professionals. It is running courses on health systems management, health economics, healthcare planning, HR management in health and public health.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. It was established in 1996 with the aim of offering reliable, high quality, affordable healthcare suitable for all levels of society.
General
IHS is a national health services organisation with head office in IslamabadIslamabad
Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country. Located within the Islamabad Capital Territory , the population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.7 million in 2011...
and is governed by a seven member board of directors. Executive Director, who is a member of the board serves as the administrative head. IHS operations across Pakistan are divided into two regions, North and South Pakistan, each being supervised by a Regional Administrator. It is providing both curative and preventive health services besides working with the National program for control of Hepatitis
Hepatitis
Hepatitis is a medical condition defined by the inflammation of the liver and characterized by the presence of inflammatory cells in the tissue of the organ. The name is from the Greek hepar , the root being hepat- , meaning liver, and suffix -itis, meaning "inflammation"...
, TB
TB
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and international organizations like Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is a global aid agency engaged in transitional environments that have experienced some sort of shock: natural disaster, economic collapse, or conflict. People working for it move as quickly as possible from bringing in food and supplies to enabling people to rebuild their economy with...
, Save the Children
Save the Children
Save the Children is an internationally active non-governmental organization that enforces children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries...
(UK), Concern Worldwide
Concern Worldwide
Concern Worldwide is Ireland's largest aid and humanitarian agency. Since its foundation over 40 years ago it has worked in 50 countries and currently employs 3,200 staff in 25 countries around the world. Concern works to help those living in the world's poorest countries to achieve real and...
, Plan International and Global Fund on primary healthcare and health awareness in various areas of the country.
Integrated Health Services is involved in health service delivery and preventive healthcare through development of health systems that are efficient, quality oriented, cost effective and self sustainable. It integrates preventive and curative health services focusing on the neglected areas of the healthcare spectrum in Pakistan with emphasis on prevention and early detection of diseases & disabilities through better primary healthcare provision.
In the last 12 years IHS has grown into a conglomerate of health services with no parallel in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
having diverse health interests ranging from clinics, hospitals, labs, vaccination centers, corporate & school health services, health infra-structure development, home and emergency medical care, research, clinical trials, health education, occupational health & trainings.
IHS Pakistan has seven divisions. Each division focuses on specific aspects of the health spectrum like school health, occupational health, clinical care, emergency services, home nursing care, etc. Thus providing complete healthcare solutions for various segments of the society ranging from a school going child to a corporate executive, expatriates, elderly, families and industrial workers.
IHS has the distinguished honor of being the pioneers in school health, home medical care, corporate health services and occupational health consultancy in Pakistan. It is operating the largest school health network in Pakistan, the most organized, effective and efficient Home Medical Care services in the country, a comprehensive corporate health system on a national level, and Occupational health trainings & consultancies with the largest client base.
IHS also operates as the implementing agency for various international donors in Pakistan in the health sector. Its doing a World Bank
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
funded project titled 'Youth HIV Forums' where the youth in colleges and universities are motivated to create awareness about HIV
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...
and help the patients with AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
. This project is a part of the World Bank's SARDM (South Asian Regional Development Marketplace) 2008 initiative.
IHS is also implementing a Global Fund (GFATM) project as a sub-recipient of Round-6 by creating awareness about TB (Tuberculosis) through establishing "School TB Clubs" ((http://www.schooltbclubs.com)) in which school children (ages 10 to 15) mostly in the rural areas in 10 districts of Pakistan are made 'Ambassadors of TB', who then create awareness about the disease in their communities. Mercy Corps Pakistan is the principal recipient of GFATM for this 5 year project which is the first of its kind being implemented in the world.
IHS had made the 'National Clinical Guidelines for Viral Hepatitis Case Management' for the Pakistan's Hepatitis Control Program in 2006. These guidelines were meant to standardize the treatment of viral hepatitis specially Hepatitis B & C which have a prevalence of almost 4 to 8% in Pakistan as per various surveys.
On the clinical side IHS is operating a specialized Children Hospital in Islamabad
Islamabad
Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country. Located within the Islamabad Capital Territory , the population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.7 million in 2011...
, a national home nursing service besides clinics in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi and a free hospital in Balakot
Balakot
Balakot , is a town in Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The town was destroyed during the 2005 earthquake and later rebuilt with the assistance of the Government of Pakistan and Saudi Public Assistance for Pakistan Earthquake Victims , a Saudi relief organization...
in association with UAE Red Crescent Society which was formed after the 2005 earthquake that struck the northern areas of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
.
Center for Advancement of Health & Social Sciences (CAHSS) (cahss.edu.pk) is another IHS subsidiary that imparts continuing medical education to professionals. It is running courses on health systems management, health economics, healthcare planning, HR management in health and public health.