Zubair Qureshi
The cold chain optimisation equipment worth 6.59m dollar funded by the Government of Japan and procured through the United Nations Children’s Fund for enhancing national capacity to store Covid-19, was on Wednesday handed over to the Government of Pakistan.
The Parliamentary Secretary on Health, Dr. Nausheen Hamid received the cold chain equipment from the Ambassador of Japan, Matsuda Kuninori, in presence of the UNICEF Representative in Pakistan, Aida Girma, at a ceremony held in the National Emergency Operation Centre, Expanded Programme for Immunization.
Dr Nausheen Hamid said over the years, our two countries have partnered in various sectors including health, education, power and many other. I affirm our strong desire to further deepen and broaden our bilateral ties with Japan.
The EPI in Pakistan has a strong cold chain system that is considered the backbone of the programme as it handles and stores massive quantities of vaccines inclusive of all kinds of COVID-19 vaccines.
Ambassador Matsuda stressed that Japan had prioritized the health sector as part of its development cooperation policy for Pakistan for decades, including Maternal & Child Health, Polio Eradication, Routine Immunization and Counter-COVID-19 measures.
