LAHORE: The World Health Organization (WHO) will collaborate to start new courses for medical professionals in the field of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), vector-born diseases (VBDs) and mental health (MH). The WHO will also use in future, IPH BSL-III Lab (Corona Lab) for Influenza type diseases and all types of cooperation will be extended to the IPH for this purpose.

Chairman Board of Management of the Institute of Public Health (IPH), Lt. Gen. (R) Khalid Maqbool and Chief of WHO in Pakistan Dr. Palitha Mahipala announced this at a meeting here on Monday. Dean IPH, Prof. Dr. Zarfishan Tahir, WHO Punjab Rep Dr. Jamshed, Microbiologist IPH Dr. Ubaid, Dr. Saima and other concerned officials were present in the meeting.

Dr. Zarfishan Tahir said that the WHO has declared the epidemiology course as mandatory for the faculty members of IPH and WHO will provide technical assistance to organize this course. She told that World Health Organization will help to establish a Centre for Disease Control in IPH.

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