UNICEF Pakistan Country Office Monthly Reports: Health and Child Welfare Programmes

Sub title : Detailed progress reports on tuberculosis control, maternal and child health training and nutrition programmes

Subject: UNICEF | WHO | Pakistan | Tuberculosis control | Maternal and child health | Malaria control | School health services

Date of publication: 1956

Language: English

Page: 231 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28904

Keyword: UNICEF -- WHO -- Pakistan -- Tuberculosis control -- BCG vaccination -- Maternal and child health -- School health | Malaria control -- DDT -- Children’s hospital | Nutrition -- Emergency feeding -- Lady Health Visitors -- Midwifery training -- Dacca -- Lahore -- Karachi -- Peshawar

Abstract: This file contains a series of monthly progress reports (including Report No. 82) from the UNICEF Pakistan Country Office, covering health and child welfare programmes supported by UNICEF and WHO in Pakistan during 1956–1957. Programmes include tuberculosis control with mass BCG vaccination (statistics for 1954–1956), TB control and training centres in Karachi and Dacca, maternal and child welfare training in Lahore, Dacca, Karachi and Peshawar, school health services, a children’s hospital in Karachi, DDT production plant, malaria control, emergency feeding programmes for flood‑affected areas, and nutrition assistance (dried skim milk distribution).

Description: This file compiles internal progress reports from the UNICEF Pakistan Country Office, documenting the implementation of major health and child welfare programmes across East and West Pakistan in the mid‑1950s. The reports provide detailed statistics on TB testing and vaccination (over 16 million tests by end of 1955), training of health visitors and dais, clinic attendances, home visits, and milk distribution. They also note operational challenges such as vaccine shortages, equipment breakdowns, administrative delays, and the impact of floods. The reports highlight the partnership between the Government of Pakistan, UNICEF, and WHO, and include financial information (e.g., US$ 504,000 worth of benefits from Pakistan’s contribution). The file offers valuable insight into post‑independence public health infrastructure and international development aid in Pakistan. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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