India, Jan. 23 -- Ischaemic heart disease, stroke, congenital defects, cirrhosis and chronic kidney disease among the 10 leading causes of deaths in 2019

The COVID-19 pandemic and the June 2022 floods have compounded Pakistan's health indicators, a recent study by medical journal The Lancet has found. However, infectious and non-communicable diseases (NCD) were already increasing in the country, as were region-wise disparities.

The healthcare emergency in Pakistan was analysed by researchers from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington's School of Medicine in collaboration with Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan and Pakistan's Ministry of National Health Services Regulations and Coord...