KP Minister for Health, Dr Hisham Inamullah Khan has said that the provincial government has recently approved health policy and health strategic plan ((2019-25) to provide better health facilities to the people. He was addressing at the first quarterly review meeting held at Islamabad today in a local hotel, where senior representatives from Health, Population and Education Departments of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, USAID Pakistan, and Implementing Partners participated.
The provincial minister lauded the support provided by USAID Pakistan through its implementing partners ie. Chemonics, JSI, USP, and IRC for making substantial contribution towards improved health and education indicators in the province. USAID Pakistan technical support to the Government of KP would help in improving health indicators through inter-sectoral collaboration and synergies.
The Minister for Health further stated that despite multiple challenges in the province including outbreaks, human resource availability, accessibility and limited resources, the provincial government is highly committed towards bringing a paradigm shift in the health canvas. He stressed over a need to adopt a synergistic approach, whereby, a joint meeting of all relevant development partners, donors, INGOs would be called to further align their interventions in the province with the KP health strategic plan.
Meeting was aimed at sharing and reviewing the last quarter's progress with discussions on future course of action, inter-sectoral collaboration and synergies among all stakeholders in order to achieve the common objectives for improved health indicators in the province. Dr Nabeel Ali (JSI), Dr Muhammad Tariq (Chemonics), Dr Nadeem Alamgir (USP), and Khalid Mehmood (IRC), shared last quarter's updates of their relevant projects in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa which were highly appreciated by the KP government.
Addressing the forum, the Director, Health Office, USAID Pakistan, Dr Han Kang assured sustained support to the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa towards implementation of KP health strategic plan within the focused districts.
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