Where can people get care in Vehari?

Dooram has not yet found a government list of Vehari's hospitals. Volunteers have mapped 1 hospital and 1 clinic here so far.

Where volunteers on OpenStreetMap have mapped hospitals and clinics. Their map shows where they have been, not everything that exists.

HospitalClinic or doctor

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, licence ODbL 1.0.

How far is care from here?

Most people (69%) live more than an hour's walk from a hospital or clinic.

Walking time to the nearest hospital or clinic, for everyone living in Vehari. Half of people are within 95 minutes.

  • Within an hour's walk31%
  • One to two hours31%
  • More than two hours37%

Sources: walking times, Weiss and others, Nature Medicine 2020 (Malaria Atlas Project), a model at walking pace from facilities mapped in 2019; where people live, WorldPop 2020.

How well are children and mothers looked after in Vehari?

Better than Pakistan as a whole on 3 of 5, worse on 1.

From the government's household survey of 2019-20, the newest that goes down to each district. It is not this week's news: it shows the care people in Vehari could reach.

  • Are children fully vaccinated?

    83% of children aged 1 to 2, by their vaccination card. Better than Pakistan as a whole.

    In 2014-15: 73% here, 60% across Pakistan.

  • Is a doctor, nurse or midwife at the birth?

    70% of recent births. About the same as Pakistan as a whole.

  • Do mothers get a check-up after birth?

    33% of mothers. Worse than Pakistan as a whole.

  • Do children with diarrhoea get ORS?

    97% of children under 5 who had diarrhoea. Better than Pakistan as a whole.

    In 2014-15: 78% here, 72% across Pakistan.

  • Do homes have a toilet?

    6% of homes have none. Better than Pakistan as a whole.

Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey, District Level, 2019-20, tables 4.3 B, 4.7 B, 4.11, 4.12, 7.2. The birth figure adds together doctors, nurses, midwives and lady health visitors, the report's own definition of skilled help at a birth (page 197 of the PDF).

Sources. District maps: World Food Programme Spatial Data Infrastructure, published as a Common Operational Dataset by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.