AKHS - Aga Khan Health Services (Pakistan)

The Aga Khan Health Services (AKHS) is one of three agencies of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) that support activities in health. n AKHS's approach to health services, primary health care, health promotion and disease prevention are considered as steps towards improved health status, which must be linked to the availability of high quality medical care. AKHS's community health programmes are designed to reach vulnerable groups in society, especially child-bearing women and young children with low-cost, proven medical technologies: immunisation, systematic prenatal care, safe deliveries, and oral rehydration therapy for diarrhoeal disease.