ISLAMABAD, Oct 23 (TNS): World Health Organization (WHO) mission on Friday appreciated the response of federal and provincial governments for effectively containing COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
The WHO mission from EMRO region were presenting their findings at a debriefing session chaired by Special Assistant to Prime Minister on National Health Services Dr Faisal Sultan.
\nThe WHO mission comprises of a team of WHO experts, visiting Pakistan from October 14 to 24.<\/p>\n
The objectives of the mission were to review lesson learn from Pakistan COVID-19 response to work with national and provincial experts in health.<\/p>\n
The main area of review was surveillance, point of entry, risk communication and community engagement, and continuity essential health services.<\/p>\n
Dr Palitha Mahipala, head of mission, WHO was also present in the meeting.<\/p>\n
Dr Faisal Sultan appreciated the efforts of WHO mission and WHO Country Office in identifying the gaps and recommendations in the suggested areas of the International Health Regulations 2005.<\/p>\n
He acknowledged that by strengthening the gaps and identified areas, we can enable the health system to deal with any kind of infectious disease emergency, as COVID-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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