Enabling Environment for Epidemic and Pandemic Risk Financing in Pakistan: Country Diagnostics Asses

Hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, Pakistan should brace for future health events by stepping up its financial preparedness, improving its risk financing, and making its health systems more resilient, this country diagnostics assessment shows.

Analyzing the economic impact of the pandemic, the publication highlights the need for a holistic approach that includes investing in healthcare and increasing the social protection system's shock response capacity. Its recommendations include using improved health data to develop more sophisticated modeling, bolstering contingency funds, and integrating epidemics into insurance coverage to reduce the impact of health crises.