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WHO Regional Director visits Pakistan during measles and rubella campaign and inaugurates community COVID-19 vaccination centre
27 November 2021, Islamabad – During a visit to Pakistan, WHO’s Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari with Dr Palitha Mahipala, WHO Representative in Pakistan, visited a fixed vaccination site and a school (outreach site) at Gulbahar Colony in Peshawar to witness a nationwide measles and rubella campaign. The...
Launch of “Sehat Sahulat" programme
31 August 2021 – The Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, in collaboration with the World Health Organization and Marie Stopes Society Pakistan has launched the “Sehat Sahulat Programme” – a pilot project for outdoor patient department health insurance in Islamabad Capital Territory. Under the pilot project, primary...
Training on gender-based violence conducted for health workers
WHO Representative Dr Palitha Mahipala presents a certificate to one of the participants of training course31 August 2021 – WHO, in collaboration with the Department of Health of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, conducted a training course (24–26 August) on gender-based violence for health workers, focusing on providing life-saving health care, psycho-social...
Diploma in family medicine aims to address shortage of family physicians in Pakistan
31 August 2021 – The WHO country office in Pakistan has signed a collaborative agreement with 9 leading medical universities to start a diploma course in family medicine to address the shortage of family physicians needed to strengthen primary health care in Pakistan. Currently, primary care services are provided by general practitioners and...
Meeting discusses national strategy for COVID-19 vaccine production in Pakistan
WHO Representative Dr Palitha Mahipala and Chief Executive Officer of the Drug Regulatory Authority Mr Asim Rauf chair meeting 31 August 2021 – To discuss the national strategy for COVID-19 vaccine production in Pakistan, the WHO country office in Pakistan conducted a meeting with Pakistan's Drug Regulatory Authority of the Ministry of National...
Pakistan applauds WHO support in facilitating access to the COVID-19 vaccine through the COVAX Facility
WHO Representative Dr Palitha Gunarathna Mahipala meets with Pakistan’s Honorable Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi 31 August 2021 – During a visit to a COVID-19 vaccination facility Pakistan’s Honorable Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi applauded WHO's efforts in facilitating access to the COVID-19 vaccine through the COVAX...
COVAX Facility delivers second consignment of US-donated Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to Pakistan
A total of 8 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been delivered to Pakistan by the COVAX Facility, the global COVID-19 vaccine equity scheme, so far Islamabad, 26 July 2021 – Yesterday a second consignment of 3 million doses of Moderna (mRNA-1273) COVID-19 vaccines donated by the Government of the United States to the COVAX Facility have...
United Arab Emirates re-affirms long-standing commitment to end polio in Pakistan
A total of over US$ 23 million to be made available in 2021 • The United Arab Emirates support will contribute to the yearly operational costs needed to protect approximately 16 million children under 5 years from polio in the 84 highest-risk districts of Pakistan and provide personal protective equipment for front-line...
Another 1.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine reach Pakistan through COVAX
Five million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been delivered to Islamabad by the COVAX Facility’s global COVID-19 vaccine equity scheme so far. ISLAMABAD, 17 July 2021 – Today 1 236 000 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine reached Islamabad through the COVAX Facility, bringing the total number of doses delivered by the global COVID-19...
