ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2022
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. Over 31,000 young leaders on 2,400+ campuses across 140+ nations applied to join the Class of 2022. 200+ campuses worldwide (just 8%) were selected to host the 3,000+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT MINAHIL FATIMA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
King Edward Medical University | Lahore, Pakistan | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 6
" "Teamwork creates the dream work."
For me, there can be no deed more noble than being the cause of someone's health which ultimately drives the each and every part of one's life. The main driving force for my work is to create awareness specially among the vulnerable communities about the Non- Communicable Diseases. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: H-First
Challenge - DISEASE BURDEN ON HEALTH SYSTEM OF PAKISTAN
According to statistics, Pakistan is facing a lot of burden on healthcare system due to
communicable as well as non-communicable diseases. This effect was particularly highlighted when the
pandemic arose, demanding attention to be given to the system of healthcare.
● Impact- why is DISEASE BURDEN a CHALLENGE
❖ ECONOMIC IMPACT
▪ - the cumulative health expenditure by federal and provincial govt went up by
14.35 % from 421.78b last year 2019-2020 to 482.27 billion in 2021-2022
▪ Budget getting inflated at high level.
▪ Clear indication of deterioration of health system if preventive steps not taken in
time.
❖ SOCIAL IMPACT
▪ Mental stress
▪ People keeping the diseased aloof
▪ Patients unable to fulfill their roles as member of society and as a member of
family
▪ Overall hierarchy of society getting disturbed
● Major diseases creating burden
❖ cancer 8%
❖ CVD 8%,
❖ tuberculosis 5%,
❖ diabetes 3%,
❖ hepatitis 7.6%OUR PROJECT – EMPHASIS ON NCDs (NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES)
● WHY NCDs - significant contribution
❖ Responsible for 58% deaths according to 2020 data
❖ 85% of disease burden on the country 2019 data
❖ Includes
▪ cancer,
▪ diabetes,
▪ COPD (10% includes emphysema and bronchitis)
EXECUTION PLAN
● Awareness campaigns
Target audience
▪ Family of Patients in wards of hospitals
▪ Mothers of rural background with no literacy
▪ Youth of different levels (including colleges and
universities
▪ Teachers who are serving in rural areas
▪ People in old homes and children in orphanages
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Tool
o Distributing Leaflets/flyers
o Ppt/presentation
o Monthly awareness informative seminars
o In-person workshops with our target audience
Stakeholders
o Academia- health education- allied sciences
o Medical centers/
o medical practitionersPhilanthropists- who free medical camps
o NGOs
Partners
o Pharmaceuatical companies
o academia
● Target beneficiaries /reach
❖ 50 people for initial four months
WHAT DO WE EXPECT FROM OUR PLAN?
We expect that imparting the knowledge to people, who normally have no idea about it, or those who
usually ignore it, will help to lessen the disease burden and spread on disease in the first place. The
health and lifestyle of people will improve and this will eventually lead to a better society.
About the Millennium Fellow
Minahil Fatima is a passionate, impressive and goal oriented medical student at King Edward Medical University, Lahore. She was born in Sahiwal and currently living in Lahore in order to pursue her degree in MBBS.
About her academic career, she has always been actively taking part in not only organising but compering in multiple events taking place in her institutes. Her art skills also make her stand out and contribute to organising different events.
Her burning desire to create an impact and betterment in people's lives made her enter the world of medicine.
According to her, "The center of medical universe is the patient" which is her motivation to bear all the difficulties and hardships one faces being the part of a medical grinder but give one's patients the maximum number of healthier and happier days they dont know they can have.
The same is her driving force of being a part of Millennium Fellowship to raise knowledge among people about not taking their health for granted but speak about the minor issues which ultimately lead to horrible disasters if not treated on time.
