Thus, the cooperation between Pakistan and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has been established by the Memorandum of Understanding signed for the Ehsaas program to combat poverty in Pakistan. Let’s discuss the Pakistan and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Partner on Ehsaas Program.
The meeting where Prime Minister Imran Khan along with Dr. Sania Nishtar. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection, Bill Gates. Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation apart from Chris Elias. President of global development at the foundation sat together to deliberate future on Ehsaas. This partnership would include USD grants, capacity, and know-how to strive for better health, nutrition, and financial services in Pakistan. Ehsaas has planned new policy actions/programs at 134 to be laid out in the field of poverty alleviation.
Prime Minister Imran Khan said it was the largest poverty eradication plan that the country had ever witnessed. Also appreciated the Gates foundation for increasing the speed on the stunting reduction plan. Financial access plan and investment in the health sector in order to decrease the mortality rate of mothers, newborns and children. Pakistan and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Partner on Ehsaas Program.
Global Goals
Imran Khan became the Prime Minister of Pakistan in 2018 and he committed to addressing the issues related. To poverty and health andof education in Pakistan. Ehsaas initiated by the federal government is a multi-sectoral program. Ensure the betterment of more than 210 million Pakistani people and to enhance the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Global Goals).
As part of the meeting, PM Khan stressed on plans to eliminate polio virus. Improve access to finance for women generally through the financial initiative of the ‘One Woman One Bank Account’ program.
This new partnership further strengthens the foundation’s work in Pakistan. That it has been implementing for over ten years through its work on polio, financial services for the poor, routine immunization and improvement of MNCH/child health. Polio continues to be a major focus, with the foundation intending to spend roughly $200M on the campaigns Pakistan.
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About Ehsaas
Ehsaas is the idea of making a Welfare State by overcoming this problem of Elite capture. By using the available tools such as data and technology to build small, precise and effective security nets. It fosters advancement in economic and social opportunities, consumer and digital financial services, enhancement of women’s financial and economic standing and human capital development for poverty elimination and economic development for sustainable development as well as the removal of barriers to access to financial services for health and post-secondary education.
