Health Transitions in Pakistan 2 Reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health in Pakistan: challenges and opportunities

health in relation to reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health and nutrition. We reviewed progress in relation to new and existing public sector programmes and the challenges posed by devolution in Pakistan. Notwithstanding the urgent need to tackle social determinants such as girls’ education, empowerment, and nutrition in Pakistan, we assessed the eff ect of systematically increasing coverage of various evidence-based interventions on populations at risk (by residence or poverty indices). We specifi cally focused on scaling up interventions using delivery platforms to reach poor and rural populations through community-based strategies. Our model indicates that with successful implementation of these strategies, 58% of an estimated 367 900 deaths (15 900 maternal, 169 000 newborn, 183 000 child deaths) and 49% of an estimated 180 000 stillbirths could be prevented in 2015.