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United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (Unicef) has started construction of permanent buildings for Basic Health Units in earthquake-hit areas of NWFP and Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
These sites included Basic Health Unit (BHU) Bandi Chamali in Abbottabad, BHU Muzaffarabad, BHU Government Primary School Matta Nilishang in Battagram and BHU at Masjid School Gara Mohra Hullar in Bagh. Martin Mogwanja, Unicef Country Representative told APP that reconstruction of each health unit would cost Rs 20 million and these projects would be completed within eight months.
"Unicef will ensure that these new buildings are also adequately staffed and equipped to meet needs of the community," he said. Martin added that Unicef would make efforts for training of medical staff and equipment of community health workers to ensure children and women's access to essential health care.
Meanwhile, Deputy Chairman of Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (Erra) Lieutenant General Nadeem Ahmed said that their authority, in collaboration with Unicef, has designed the health unit's buildings under modern plan to cater all needs of the visiting patients, especially children and women.
"Integration of facilities have been managed to ensure all types of health care facilities under one roof," he said, adding that it would reduce problems of patients who otherwise had to go for testing and vaccination to different centres.
In addition to this building, Unicef has committed to rebuild 500 schools and another 54 health centres, he added. "We need to build the human capacity as soon as possible, otherwise, we will have buildings but there will be no doctors or paramedics trained to provide health services," the deputy chairman said.

Copyright Associated Press of Pakistan, 2007

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