A delegation of the French Agency for Development and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Friday met Federal Minister for National Health Services, Abdul Qadir Patel to discuss avenues for cooperation in social protection and health, with a focus on polio eradication.
The delegation was visiting Pakistan to identify the country’s needs as it works towards interrupting poliovirus transmission in 2023 and to understand areas for support in the light of climate catastrophe of 2022, which left more than 33 million people in need of aid. During the meeting on polio eradication, Abdul Qadir Patel said that our health service infrastructure was severely damaged in many districts.
