Meeting for collaboration amongst sister healthcare commissions

A meeting for collaboration amongst sister healthcare commissions on different areas of implementation in their respective jurisdictions was held at IHRA. CEO IHRA welcomed Dr Nadeem Akhtar; CEO KP Healthcare Commission, Dr Ahsan Qavi Siddiqui; CEO Sindh Healthcare Commission and Dr Mushtaq Sulheri, Director Clinical Governance Punjab Healthcare Commission at IHRA Secretariat. It was decided that all sister healthcare commissions will meet regularly to learn from each other and analyze progress.

Training of Healthcare Professionals on AMR stewardship

To combat the use and misuse of antimicrobials by healthcare practitioners; a training workshop was organized at IHRA secretariat in collaboration with DAI Fleming Fund.  The three-day Training of Healthcare Professionals on AMR stewardship covered 3 different modules; AMR Fundamentals, Evidence-based Treatments and Infection Prevention & Control. Representatives from different public and private sector hospitals of Islamabad participated in the training. The interactive training sessions were aimed at helping healthcare professionals to combat antimicrobial resistance in an effective manner.

Meeting with WHO TB Program team for collaboration

WHO National TB Program Team visited IHRA HQs in which collaboration on different matters like T.B centre identification as per standards and development of a combined ERP system for patient identification, diagnosis & reporting were discussed.

Training of Healthcare Professionals on AMR Stewardship organised at IHRA

Islamabad Healthcare Regulatory Authority  is conducting a three-day Training of Healthcare Professionals on AMR Stewardship in collaboration with  DAI Fleming Fund. Healthcare professionals from different healthcare establishments  of Islamabad Capital Territory  and IHRA  officials participated in the training. Anti-microbial Resistance  is one of the biggest and most urgent threats to global health and AMR fundamentals were discussed in Day 1 of the training.

Celebration of World Hepatitis Day

IHRA CEO, Dr Quaid Saeed participated in an event organised by World Health Organisation to raise awareness on World Hepatitis Day.