Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Economic Zones Development and Management Company (KPEZDMC) organised a two-day training on the use of ARKTEK cold boxes for storage of vaccines. According to details, the training programme was supported by delegation of Chinese team from SZ Pillar International, KP Health Department, and FATA Directorate.
The Chinese Company will be donating 7,000 ARKTEK cold storage boxes to Health Directorates of KP and Fata. The intact cold boxes will ensure vaccine potency quality and safety. Kamal was also present during the training, according to communiqué issued by the company here on Wednesday. There are numerous difficulties faced by the vaccinators in KP. One of the major problems is to keep the vaccines from going bad because of frequent and lengthy periods of loadshedding. The ARTTEK cold box is an effective measure to enhance the life of the vaccine.
The use of it will allow the vaccinators the ability to travel to far-flung locations to vaccinate children with potent vaccines who otherwise cannot travel to the district health offices for a routine vaccination. The training programme will be further extended to Khyber Teaching Hospital to train the end users of the boxes.
Earlier, in the opening notes Secretary Health KP, Dr Abid Majeed, and Director General Health services KP Dr Syed Ali Khan briefed the delegation about health services situation in KP. KPEZDMC is in a continuous process of strengthening business relationships with different Chinese investment groups. It has attracted many Chinese investors and investment companies to its first project at Hattar Special Economic Zone, Haripur.