A National Assembly panel on Thursday expressed grave concerns over lack of coordination among the provinces regarding the efforts and surveys to overcome the HIV/AIDS in the country. The National Assembly Standing Committee on National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination met here in the chair of MNA Khalid Hussain Magsi.
The committee was briefed on the latest progress achieved to control the HIV/AIDS by the officials of the ministry concerned. It was informed that screening test has been conducted in different areas of the country and training programs have also been arranged under the Global Funds Programs to control the HIV/ AIDS.
However, the committee expressed dissatisfaction over the response to deal with the spread of the diseases and also expressed its concern over the lack of coordination among the provinces regarding the survey conducted to overcome the HIV/AIDS.
The committee was of the view that most of the surveys are just paper work and the ground realities are quite different. The committee directed to invite all provincial director general (DGs) health and program manager in the next meeting to brief the panel about the factual position of HIV/AIDS and efforts being made by them to control it.
The committee further directed that seminar should be conducted at district level to bring awareness among the general public to overcome the fatal disease.
The panel, after discussions, also deferred the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues (Amendment) Bill 2019, the Prohibition of Smoking and Protection of Non-Smokers Health (Amendment) Bill, 2019 and the Islamabad Transfusion of Safe Blood (Amendment) Bill, 2019 due to the absences of their movers.
The meeting was attended by MNAs Nasir Khan Musa Zai, Haider Ali Khan, Raja Khurram Shahzad Nawaz, Dr Nousheen Hamid, Professor Shahnaz Naseer Baloch, Dr Nisar Ahmed Cheema, Dr Samina Matloob, Mahesh Kumar Malani, Ramesh Lal, Shams-un-Nisa and Dr Shazia Sobia Aslam Soomro.
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