LAHORE: Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid and Special Assistant to Prime Minister Dr Faisal Sultan reviewed progress on development of common dashboard for notifiable diseases and upgradation of health facilities in rural areas in a meeting at the Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department here on Saturday. Present on the occasion were Secretaries of two Health Departments Imran Sikander Baloch and Ahmed Javed Qazi, Special Secretaries Saleha Saeed, Ajmal Bhatti and Dr. Asif Tufail, Additional Secretary Dr. Awais Gohar, Dr. Naeem Majeed whereas vice chancellor Rawalpindi Medical Univrsity Professor Dr. Omar and Vice Chancellor Faisalabad Medical University Professor Dr. Zafar Chaudhry joined via video link. The two secretaries gave briefing on the progress so far. Dr. Naeem Majeed gave roadmap for mother and child health indicators. The Health Minister said, “Disease surveillance is the backbone of an efficient healthcare system. Development of an integrated dashboard for notifiable disease is extremely important. Communicable diseases like Polio and Covid-19 require global response. Online
