Peshawar - Special Secretary, Health Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Dr Farooq Jamil on Wednesday appreciated the USAID’s technology support for digitisation of health sector and automation of public health supply chain systems in the province
“We highly appreciate the USAID’s technology support for digitisation of health sector and automation of public health supply chain systems in the province. The support has been pivotal to ensure commodity security and improved healthcare service delivery,” said Dr Syed Farooq Jamil as the training on D-Talk & Insulin for Life Programme MIS concluded at a local hotel in Islamabad.
Speaking on the occasion, Director General Health Services Dr Niaz Muhammad said, “We highly value the strategic partnership between the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and USAID for supply chain system strengthening for non-communicable diseases as well.”
Dr. A H Aamir, Project Director D-Talk and Insulin for Life Programme, KP, said: “The D-Talk system will ensure that medicine reach the patients helping in controlling diabetes related morbidities and also lessening the burden on tertiary health care system. D-Talk will also help in maintaining stocks, generate alerts and multiple reports for efficient management and improved services.”
He said, “Training of the staff present here will further ensure successful implementation of the system.” He thanked the GHSC-PSM project for developing the system and for arranging the training. “USAID is supporting the digital governance agenda of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health department which is also aligned with the President’s most recent Ordinance on Health Data Centre established at the NIH, MoNHSR&C.