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

Sub title : Detailed progress report on maternal and child health training, school health services and tuberculosis control

Subject: Pakistan | Maternal and child health (MCH) | School health | Tuberculosis control | BCG vaccination

Date of publication: 1958

Language: English

Page: 162 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28905

Keyword: UNICEF -- Pakistan -- Country Office -- Monthly report -- 1958 | Maternal and child health -- School health -- BCG -- Tuberculosis -- Malaria -- DDT -- Antibiotic | Emergency feeding -- Lady Health Visitors -- Agha Khan -- Karachi -- Dacca

Abstract: This document is a monthly progress report (likely No. 82 or similar) from the UNICEF Pakistan Country Office for January–February 1958. It contains a table of contents listing 18 operating programmes, followed by detailed narrative updates and statistical data. Key sections include: extensive field visits to review school health projects; MCH training and services in Dacca, Karachi, and Peshawar (with student examination results and clinic statistics); the Agha Khan Baby Show; MCH centre operations; nurse training and stipends for indigenous dais; Karachi Children’s Hospital; mission hospitals in Dacca and Karachi; school health services.

Description: This file contains a detailed monthly progress report from the UNICEF Pakistan Country Office for January–February 1958, documenting the status of multiple health and child welfare programmes across East and West Pakistan. The report is structured as a narrative with statistical annexes. It highlights achievements such as the Agha Khan Baby Show, the training of Lady Health Visitors and midwives, the operation of school health units, and the production of DDT. It also identifies challenges, including delays in activating school health units in Sind and Punjab, vaccine supply disruptions, X-ray equipment repairs, and the need for government evaluations. The report reflects the close collaboration between UNICEF, WHO, and the Government of Pakistan in building public health infrastructure in the late 1950s. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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