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 WARDA RASOOL, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW AND CAMPUS DIRECTOR FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
King Edward Medical University | Lahore, Pakistan | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 6
" I believe that any initiative taken in time can prove extremely beneficial for future generations to come. My project, small however may be, has the potential to save the lives of many talented people. Millennium Fellowship is like another rung of the ladder that will push me closer to my targets. My aims are now more specified and easier to apprehend for general public thanks to the Fellowship. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: H-First
Challenge - DISEASE BURDEN ON HEALTH SYSTEM OF PAKISTAN
According to statistics, Pakistan is facing a lot of burden on the 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 421.78 billion the last year 2019-2020 to 482.27 billion in 2021-2022
-The budget getting inflated at a high level.
-A clear indication of deterioration of health system if preventive steps are not taken in time.
SOCIAL IMPACT:
-Mental stress
-People keeping the diseased aloof
-Patients unable to fulfill their roles as members of society and as a member of the family
-Overall hierarchy of society getting disturbed
Major diseases creating a burden;
-cancer 8%
-CVD 8%,
-tuberculosis 5%,
-diabetes 3%,
-hepatitis 7.6%
OUR PROJECT – EMPHASIS ON NCDs (NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES);
WHY NCDs - a significant contribution :
-Responsible for 58% of 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
Tool
-Distributing Leaflets/flyers
-Ppt/presentation
-Monthly awareness informative seminars
-In-person workshops with our target audience
Stakeholders
-Academia- health education- allied sciences
-Medical centers/
-medical practitioners
-Philanthropists- who free medical camps
-NGOs
Partners
-Pharmaceutical companies
-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 of 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
Eager to bring positive change in lives of the people, Warda Rasool is a young and highly talented medical student of King Edward Medical College. With a very positive outlook on life, she believes that small initiatives taken in time can turn out to bring a massive change. Her years of experience at volunteering and various leadership positions pushed her to pursue the dream of helping vulnerable lives and she now is actively advocating SDG-3.
