Capacity building of health care providers discussed

LAHORE:A delegation of the Infection Prevention and Control Foundation (IPAC) called on Provincial Health Minister Khawaja Salman Rafique at the Department of Specialised Health Care and Medical Education here on Friday.

According to a handout, the delegation included IPAC Foundation MD Muhammad Sameer Shafi and others. Khawaja Salman Rafique and the delegation discussed capacity building of health care providers to reduce the burden of infectious and communicable diseases in Punjab. The officials of the institution gave a briefing on infectious diseases and community health centres.

The minister said that the Punjab government was promoting public-private partnership in the province and was paying special attention to capacity building of healthcare providers to reduce the burden of infectious and communicable diseases in the province. The Punjab government is taking effective screening and prevention measures to control dangerous diseases, he added.

Khawaja Salman Rafique further said that there was a need to run an awareness campaign against communicable diseases across the province. Under the leadership of Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, efforts are being made to provide the best health facilities to the people. He also appreciated the efforts of private institutions cooperating with the Punjab government in providing medical facilities to the people in the health sector.