World Health Organization (WHO) has offered technical support to the Punjab health department for development of human resource for health (HRH) and an expert of international repute Dr Mario Roberto Dal Paz would be assigned task to establish HRH Observatory for Punjab.
Dr Roberto Dal Paz would also help finalize the HRH profiling 2018 besides recommendations for provincial HRH strategic framework would be offered. This was discussed in a meeting of WHO's delegation with the Punjab minister for health Dr Yasmin Rashid, here Saturday.
Dr Jamshaid Ahmed Head of Office was leading the delegation while Dr Mario Roberto Dal Paz and Dr Shabnam Sarfraz, CEO Punjab Public Health Agency were also present during the meeting. "Achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) was a key priority identified by the Punjab's new government" said the Minister. She was presented with the Punjab health workforce strategy drafts after being technically vetted by Dr Mario Roberto Dal Poz, an internationally renowned expert on health workforce planning.
Dr Yasmin Rashid thanked Dr Mario for his technical support to the Punjab Public Health Agency (PPHA) team towards finalization of the health workforce strategy documents for Punjab. She stated that the Punjab government was focusing on engaging with the general physicians and was improving the preventive and primary healthcare for achieving UHC. Maternal and neonatal child health, family planning and nutrition will be amongst the top priority agenda, she added. She reiterated the government's commitment towards addressing health workforce deficit in the province.
Dr Yasmin Rashid acknowledged Dr Mario and WHO for their technical assistance towards a scientific review of the drafts for the finalization. She said the Punjab stands committed to handhold the other provinces for formulation of their health strategy. Punjab being the trail blazer will be sharing its learning and experiences with other provinces and shall be guiding them through development of their health workforce strategies, she added.
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