Staff Reporter
President Dr Arif Alvi has said that reformation with particular focus on disease prevention was required in the healthcare system of country as the concept of disease management was changing in the world, from curative to preventive.
This was stated by him on Thursday during a presentation given by Vice Chancellor of Health Services Academy (HSA), Dr. Assad Hafeez. The Vice Chancellor highlighted the initiatives taken by Health Services Academy with regard to development of technical and operational guidelines, training of healthcare workers and academic programmes being offered by the Academy.
The President asked the Vice Chancellor to produce public health leadership and take measures to provide online courses to health professionals. He also directed the management of HSA to improve liaison and coordination with the provincial health departments so that they could benefit from the expertise of Health Services Academy.
