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.

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.

Workshop organised for AEFI reporting for COVID vaccine

CEO IHRA, participated in a workshop to train healthcare professionals from private institutions in Islamabad Capital Territory  on recording & documenting adverse events following immunisation focused on COVID vaccination. This workshop was organised by Islamabad Healthcare Regulatory Authority, United States Pharmacopoeia and MoNHSRC.

CEO IHRA participated in seminar on ‘World Family Doctors Day

CEO IHRA, Dr Quaid Saeed participated in a Seminar organised by College of Family Medicine Pakistan Federal Chapter to celebrate ‘World Family Doctors Day 2022’. Dr Quaid while speaking to participants said that IHRA will engage this important health system as Authority is committed to raising standards of healthcare services in Islamabad Capital Territory.

Consultative meeting with (UNODC)

A Consultative meeting with United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) representatives was organised at IHRA Secretariat to discuss standards for Rehabilitation Centres. CEO IHRA appreciated the input of UNODC team Dr Manzoor ul Haq and Ms Rashda Said Niazi in development of MSDS for Rehabilitation services. The implementation of these MSDS will bring improvements in quality of healthcare services provided to the citizens of ICT.

Consultative Meeting for MSDS of Human Cells & Tissues Transplantation

A Consultative meeting with area experts & stakeholders was held at IHRA to finalize the standards for Human Cells & Tissues Transplantation. IHRA officials along with experts Dr Murat Erturk, Dr Salman and Col (R) Rauf Ahmed Khan participated in the meeting under the chairmanship of CEO,Participants of the meeting emphasised on the need for regulations of Human Cells & Tissues Transplantations.

IHRA has launched an online system for Healthcare Registration.

Islamabad Healthcare Regulatory Authority has developed and launched an online system for Healthcare Registration, the HCEs can visit IHRA official website and can get registered online and they can communicate with IHRA through this system…

IHRA continues inspections of healthcare establishments to ensure quality healthcare services

The Islamabad Healthcare Regulatory Authority (IHRA) inspection teams in continuation of their activities carried out inspections of 43 Healthcare Establishments (HCEs) in different areas of Islamabad Capital Territory. 10 HCEs were sealed for major non-compliance’s while 15 were served notices over minor non-compliances.