LAHORE - Delegation of Department for International Development (DFID), UK currently visiting Pakistan met Secretary Health Punjab Jawad Rafiq Malik at Civil Secretariat on Friday.
The delegation includes Advisor Dr Ayesha Rasheed, Governance Advisor Naveed, Technical Advisor Sherwan, Provincial Coordinator TRF Plus Dr Anwar Janjua, Diane Northway and Farooq Azam. Project Director Punjab Health Sector Reforms Programme Ali Bahadur Qazi, Additional Director General Integrated Programme for Mother & Child Health Punjab Dr Zafar Ikram and other officers were also present.
The secretary health briefed the delegation about the steps taken for provision of mother and child health facilities at primary level, resolution of problems of women and children health, lady health workers’ training and other administrative matters. He said that the government was upgrading rural health centers and basic health units, providing gyne facilities and increasing basic treatment facilities of women and children in far-flung areas.
He said that the programme of providing gyne facilities round the clock at basic health units has been expanded under 24/7 programme. He gave a briefing about the steps taken for looking after pregnant women and vaccination of newborns. He said that all these steps aimed at controlling the death rate of new born babies and pregnant women during pregnancy and achieving the 4-5 Millennium Development Goals by ensuring provision of basic health facilities at union council level.