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ArticlePakistan journal of medical sciences2026

Health along the corridor: Medical Cooperation and public health development under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, 2016-2025.

Qu Qiumei, Lu Pingjia

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Article in Pakistan journal of medical sciences, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Qu QiumeiQu Qiumei Visiting Lecturer, Department of History & Pakistan Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
Lu PingjiaLu Pingjia Assistant Professor, School of Maxism, Yunnan Technology and Business University, Kunming, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), as a component of the Belt and Road Initiative, has progressively expanded its scope of cooperation from initial infrastructure and energy projects to encompass health and human development. This study examines the institutional evolution of bilateral health cooperation under the China-Pakistan Health Silk Road (HSR) framework from 2016 to 2025, analyzing the decade-long development of the HSR: deepening collaboration and global health governance, medical infrastructure, capacity building, and technology transfer, alongside socioeconomic and developmental implications. Findings reveal that health cooperation under CPEC pioneers a new paradigm in development diplomacy-interconnectivity extends beyond transport and trade to encompass human security and collective wellbeing. In summary, the future advancement of the 'Health Corridor' necessitates overcoming a series of challenges: addressing biosecurity concerns, bridging regional disparities in health standards, and tackling funding shortages and talent gaps in underdeveloped areas along the corridor.

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China-Pakistan Economic CorridorHealth Silk RoadMedical CooperationPublic Health Development

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PMID41836820
PMCPMC12980316

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