PPHI Sindh 4.73

PPHI Sindh is a Public-Private Partnership with the Government of Sindh (GoS). The first agreement for PPHI was signed back in February 2007 by Mr. Syed Sardar Ahmed, former Minister for Health. PPHI’s journey started from District Kashmore and gradually expanded to 22 Districts of Sindh (excluding Benazirabad and 6 districts of Karachi). The need for partnership emerged because of a crucial need of time; GoS had an infrastructure of over 20 billion rupees for delivering Primary Healthcare (PHC) in the province. Tragically, this was either sub–optimally operational or altogether dysfunctional. This valuable infrastructure had to be made optimally operational therefore the government of that time decided “contracting–out” the management of government’s PHC infrastructure to a Nonprofit Service Provider. This responsibility was first handed over to Sindh Rural Support Organization (SRSO) in 2007 and then to PPHI Sindh in 2013. The original design included integration of all vertical programs and transfer of the management of integrated PHC package. However, only the management of health facilities was transferred to PPHI while vertical programs were not relegated. PPHI Sindh is headed by a Board of Directors comprising of 9 members and 3 ex-officio members from GoS and run by an experienced management. PPHI management has recently expanded and established MNCH wing, Research & Training wing and a Media Cell, ensuring sustainable growth of the organization.