Village Health Organization, most commonly known as VHO, is a non-profit organization licensed as an NGO in
Pakistan. The idea was initiated by
Arz Mohammad Shaikh
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Places
* Arz (river), in Brittany, France
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Sport
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, a
Pakistani
professional engineer living in
Abu Dhabi
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,
United Arab Emirates.
To date, VHO has set up nearly 50
Clinics in
Pakistan,
India,
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
and the
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
. The main objective of the clinics is to provide free
diagnosis, treatment and medicines to the people of remote villages where there are absolutely no facilities for
Health Care
Health care or healthcare is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivered by health profe ...
and travel to nearby towns is otherwise necessary to obtain the services of physicians.
External links
VHO website
Medical and health organisations based in Pakistan
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