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  • Jan 13th, 2016
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A seven-member delegation of the World Bank in a meeting with the Punjab government on Tuesday reviewed the progress on Lady Health Workers Programme, Punjab HIV/AIDS Control Programme and other initiatives. The delegation headed by Dr Tayyib Masood called on the Advisor to Chief Minister Punjab on Health Kh Salman Rafique and Secretary Specialized Healthcare and Medical Education Najam Ahmed Shah.

Secretary Primary & Health Department Ali Jan Khan, Director General Health Dr Amjad Shehzad, Director Policy & Strategic Planning Unit (PSPU) Ali Bahadur Qazi, Additional Director Dr Zahida Sarwar, Additional Director General Health Integrated, Reproductive, Mother, Newborn and Child Health, Health Programme Dr Pervaiz Imtiaz, Director Internal Audit Health Department Sarfraz Ahmed, Dr Yadullah and other concerned officers also attended the meeting.

The World Bank team discussed in detail regarding evolving a strategy for accelerating ongoing progress on health sector reforms and to remove bottlenecks in this regard. The meeting discussed expansion of hospitals' waste management system to other districts, establishment of management cadre, establishment of complaint management system for redressal of patients' grievances, revamping and redesigning of schools health nutrition programmes.

The progress in establishment of stabilisation centres for seriously malnourished children also came under discussion during the meeting. Advisor on Health Kh Salman Rafique directed the concerned officers to further accelerate the progress on the ongoing health sectors programmes sponsored by the World Bank so that people of Punjab could get maximum benefit from these reforms in health sector.

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