Mobilizing resources is imperative for WHO Pakistan to achieve its strategic goals and implement country-specific objectives. Predictable, flexible, and sufficient cash in-flow is critical to ensure programmatic, institutional, and financial sustainability in a highly competitive resource-driven environment.

WHO Pakistan’s resource mobilization is framed around programme workplans and builds on a continuous dialogue with donors and partners. The emphasis is on result-based management. Efficient monitoring assists in identifying root causes and recommend appropriate solutions to address delays in implementation.

WHO's country office in Pakistan has successfully mobilized financial resources through high-level advocacy and dialogue with donors and partners during the COVID-19 pandemic. The support has enabled effective and continued response to the unprecedented health emergency.

Effective partnerships have been established at national and provincial levels with United Nations agencies, including the United Nations Population Fund, UN Women, UNICEF, United Nations Refugee Agency, UNAIDS, national and international nongovernmental organizations, academia, universities, research institutions, and civil society organizations ensuring adequate preparedness capacity to respond to emergency situations, disease epidemics and natural disasters in a comprehensive and well-coordinated manner. These partnerships have played a significant role in delivering an extensive and unwavering emergency response, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

WHO donor support has contributed towards:

rapidly establishing and strengthening coordination to deliver strategic, technical, and operational support through existing mechanisms and country partnerships;

promoting inter-departmental coordination and assignation of specific roles and responsibilities to government sectors;

scaling up country response operations, including strengthening readiness capacity to rapidly identify, diagnose, and treat cases, including identification of contacts with tracing and follow up, and minimizing community spread of coronavirus in Pakistan; 

providing supplies and ensuring commodity security;

improving infection prevention and control in health care settings;

implementing health measures for travellers;

expanding the scope of community ownership and understanding through risk communication and community engagement.

WHO in Pakistan, being the health sector lead, steers partner coordination, especially during emergencies and holds periodic briefings to update partners on the latest health situation in the country. The country office, under the leadership of Dr Palitha Mahipala, has held weekly partner briefings throughout the COVID-19 outbreak and shared key information to keep partners, donors, and diplomatic missions abreast of latest developments. Partners have expressed their appreciation of WHO's role in leading the health response and for sharing these important updates. 

WHO Pakistan gratefully acknowledges the generous contribution of its valued partners in promoting health and implementing relief response interventions.