Table 1 Short-listed transport interventions for scalability assessment
Categories of services | Sr. # | Name of intervention | Concept | Geographical location | Management categorisation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Community-based services | 1. | Ambulance initiative of Aga Khan Health Services (AKHS) | Transport services for all types of emergency and patient referral in hard-to-reach areas | North (Gilgit Baltistan) | NGO, free services |
2. | Community Emergency Ambulance Services | Transport services to all types of emergencies with a focus on maternal, newborn, and child healthcare (MNCH) and community awareness component | Centre (Punjab) | Community partnership, fee for services and social protection for the poor | |
3. | JORDAN (Johi Organization for Rural Development and Natural Disaster) | Community-based patient transportation services in district of Dadu Sindh with a focus on MNCH | South (Sindh) | NGO, free services | |
4. | Community Balochistan Ambulance Services | Provision of services for all types of emergency and patient referral in rural areas of district Lasbela | South (Balochistan) | NGO, free services | |
5. | Rural Emergency Ambulance Service Initiatives (RESAI) | Provision of emergency transport services focusing on MNCH in rural areas of five selected PAIMAN districts of Pakistan, i.e. Vehari, Multan, Dadu & Jafferabad, DG Khan | All regions of Pakistan | Community partnership, fee for services and social protection for the poor | |
6. | Edhi Ambulance Services | Transport services for all types of emergency services in all districts/regions of Pakistan | All across Pakistan | NGO, free services | |
7. | Chipa 1020 | Transport services for all types of emergencies in district Karachi | Sindh (South) | NGO, free services | |
8. | Ambulance and Coffin Carrier Services | Transport services for all types of emergencies in district Karachi and Lahore | Sindh (South) | NGO, free services | |
Center (Punjab) | |||||
9. | Ambulance Services | Provision of transport services for all types of emergencies in urban and periurban areas of district Khuzdar | South (Balochistan) | NGO, free services | |
10. | Ambulance Services | Provision of transport services for all types of emergencies in 12 rural districts of Balochistan | South (Balochistan) | NGO, free services | |
11. | Ambulance Services | Provision of transport services for all types of emergencies in urban and periurban areas of 14 districts of Balochistan | South (Balochistan) | NGO, free services | |
12. | Patient Ambulance Services | Transport services for all types of emergencies in ICT and Rawalpindi district (Punjab) | Center (ICT, Punjab) | NGO, free services | |
13. | Ambulance Services | Transport services with focus on MNCH services in urban and rural areas of district Larkana and Nawab Shah, Sindh | South (Sindh) | NGO, free services | |
14. | Community ambulance interventions | Transport services for all types of emergencies for rural areas of district Khanewal, Punjab | South (Balochistan) | District Govt. free services | |
15. | Community based interventions | Transport services focusing on MNCH for district Khuzdar, Balochistan | South (Balochistan) | NGO/Public-private partnership, free services | |
Public sector emergency services | 16. | Rescue 1122 Punjab | Transport services for all types of emergencies in urban and periurban area in all 36 districts of Punjab | Centre (Punjab) | Public sector, free services |
17. | Rescue 1122 KP | Transport services for all types of emergencies in urban and periurban area in district Peshawar and Mardan | North (KP) | Public sector, free services | |
Facility-based services | 18. | CHARM Initiative | Based at selected BHUs, providing transport services to catchment population with a focus on MNCH | Centre (Punjab) | Public sector, free services |
Transport voucher schemes | 19. | Family Health Insurance Initiative (Sehat Sahulat Scheme-SSS) | Provision of emergency transport services to beneficiaries of health insurance initiative | South (Balochistan) | NGO, fee for services (paid by insurance agency) |
20. | Voucher Scheme (NPPI) | Provision of vouchers for utilisation of transport services for maternal healthcare | South (Sindh) | NGO, free services for poor beneficiaries | |
21. | Health voucher | Provision of vouchers for utilisation of transport services focusing on MNCH for rural beneficiaries in district DG Khan | Center (Punjab) | NGO, free services for poor beneficiaries | |
22. | Health voucher | Provision of vouchers for utilisation of transport services focusing on MNCH for rural beneficiaries in district Jhang | Center (Punjab) | NGO, free services for poor beneficiaries |