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Completed Projects 

at SPHERE

Assessment of Quality of Primary Health Care (PHC) Services

Assessment of Quality of Primary Health Care (PHC) Services in the Public Sector in Pakistan, in collaboration with Aga Khan University, funded by the Gates Foundation


Endline survey for JICA's Maternal and Child Health (MCH)

Endline survey for JICA's Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Project in three districts of South Punjab.

Technical and Analytical Support for Routine Immunization

Technical and analytical support to Primary & Secondary Healthcare Department in Lahore Campaign, specifically targeting zero-dose children and defaulter children for routine immunization, leveraging the strengths of the polio program, and the strength of PSDH’s data systems.


Development of a Roadmap for Uplifting Midwifery Services in Punjab

Development of a roadmap for uplifting midwifery services in Punjab through the introduction of BS Midwifery and development of career pathways for midwives for the Integrated Reproductive Maternal Newborn, Child Health & Nutrition Program(IRMNCH&NP) and UNFPA

Localization of the WHO Guidelines on Pregnancy

Localization of Pregnancy, Childbirth, Postpartum, and Newborn Care (PCPNC) Guidelines for World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office


Assessment of Immunization Data Records in Punjab

Assessment of Digital and Manual Immunization Data Records in Punjab for Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) and UNICEF

Development of Training Material for HMIS

Development of Training Videos and Training of Trainers (ToT) on Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) Manual for JICA


Analysis to Identify Barriers in the Family Planning Situation in Pakistan

Bottleneck Analysis to Identify Barriers in the Family Planning Situation in Pakistan for the WHO Headquarters in collaboration with the WHO Country Office

Development of the User Manual for HMIS

Development of a User Manual and Job Aid for Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) for Primary Care Staff in Punjab for JICA


Administrative support to the Hepatitis Control Program

Administrative support to the Hepatitis Control Program, Punjab, and Health Services Academy in Integrated Biological Behaviour Survey (IBBS) for Punjab and ICT

Technical support to the Primary & Secondary Healthcare Department

Technical support to the Primary & Secondary Healthcare Department during the Reach Every Door (RED) campaign for COVID-19 vaccinations


Technical and analytical support to PEI and EPI

Technical and analytical support to PEI and EPI in identifying, recording, and vaccinating zero-dose and under-immunized children in high-risk areas of Punjab

Development of PC-1(s)

  • National Health Support Program (NHSP) in three provinces, i.e., Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Balochistan, with the support of the World Bank
  • Integrated Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health & Nutrition
  • (IRMNCHN) Program Punjab
  • The health component of the Human Capital Investment Project (HCIP)
  • Prime Minister’s Health Initiative (PMHI)
  • Punjab Institute of Preventive Ophthalmology (PIPO), Establishment of Ophthalmology Units at district & sub-district level Hospitals
  • Screening and Treatment of Retinopathy of Prematurity
  • Punjab component of the National Program for Prevention and Control of Blindness
  • Development of PC-1s for nutrition and MNCH programs with support from the World Food Program (WFP) in Balochistan
  • PC-1 of PKR 15 billion on the "Hub and Spoke Model” for specialist coverage at secondary-level hospitals in Punjab


Maternal and Neonatal Death Surveillance and Response (MNDSR) System Assessment

Maternal and Neonatal Death Surveillance and Response (MNDSR) System Assessment for Integrated Reproductive Maternal Newborn, Child Health & Nutrition Program (IRMNCH&NP) and UNFPA

Developed a Standardized and Comprehensive Family Planning Manual

Developed a Standardized and Comprehensive Family Planning Manual for healthcare service delivery staff in Punjab in collaboration with Palladium, Delivering Accelerated Family Planning in Pakistan (DAFPAK) programme – the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), and the Government of Punjab


Self-care Model for Post-abortion Care

A self-care model for post-abortion care services provided through Rahnuma-FPAP centers across Pakistan

Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) Guidebook

A comprehensive Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) guidebook and a training of trainers (ToT) program were developed in collaboration with the Peace and Development Organization (PADO) and Norwegian Church Aid (NCA).

Flood relief activities in the affected areas of Balochistan, Sindh, and KP

Flood relief activities in the affected areas of Balochistan, Sindh, and KP in collaboration with Sardar Trust Eye Hospital to provide food and non-food items to Jaffarabad in Balochistan, Kandiaro/Nausharo Feroz in Sindh, and several villages in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa along with financial support to affected families in the calamity-hit districts, particularly in the Jaffarabad region

Institutionalization of the birth-dose initiative

Institutionalization of birth-dose initiative and evening shift vaccinations to minimize zero-dose children across Punjab


Training of Medical Staff

Training of medical staff working with Medicines du Monde (MDM) in Kohat, KP, on primary health care and maternal and child health through the Development Solutions International (DSI) platform

LQAS (Lot Quality Assessment Survey) Study

LQAS (Lot Quality Assessment Survey) study conducted for Pathfinder International, Pakistan, to assess the performance of Sojhla and Sojhro projects in Districts Layyah (Punjab) and Shaheed Benazirabad (Sindh)

Assistance Provided to The Population Council in Analyzing and Writing Reports to Map Population Data

Our consultant assisted The Population Council in analyzing and writing reports to map population data for use by government departments. The Population Council conducted this study to provide needs assessment data for developing UNFPA's 8th Country Plan for Pakistan

KAP Study to assess the behavior of young individuals toward youth-friendly environments to access information

KAP Study to assess the behavior of young individuals toward youth-friendly

environments to access information on SRH and education for the Rahnuma-FPAP Youth Resource Center Program. The data for this study were collected from four districts: Lahore, Faisalabad, Chakwal, and Muzaffargarh


Baseline survey for the “Diarrhea and Child Health Program”

A baseline survey was conducted for the “Diarrhea and Child Health Program” by Save the Children in two districts: Khanewal and Hafizabad. The survey was carried out in partnership with Avicenna Pvt Ltd

Documents and Reports

  1. Essential Package of Health Services (EPHS) for PHC, Punjab, 2014 version.
  2. Minimum Service Delivery Standards (MSDS) for PHC, Punjab, 2014.
  3. Management audit report for the National Program for FP & PHC
  4. Human Resource audit report for the National Program for FP & PHC, Punjab
  5. Critical analysis report for the Lady Willingdon Hospital, Lahore, after conducting an in-depth study on the condition of services provided at the hospital
  6. Issues and challenges facing the Pakistani health system, and responses to address them.
  7. Design for a community-based HMIS system for the CHARM Program.