Advocacy workshop on mother, newborn health begins

CHITRAL: A two-day-long advocacy workshop for health related professionals on maternal, newborn and child health program started here on Monday. The program has been organised by provincial MNCH program supported by UNICEF.
Provincial Minister for Population Welfare Saleem Khan was chief guest on the occasion. Addressing the participants, he said we should fight extremism and terrorism. He said we are facing numerous problems. Majority of pregnant women
are dying during delivery.
He said Chitral is a scattered place and it is not possible to take a pregnant woman to hospital on time from far-off areas. He hailed the services of Aga Khan Health Service for rendering their services where there is no health center on government side.
He asked the health department to fill vacant posts of doctors in Chitral. He said newly recruited doctors should serve for at least three years in the local health department.
He announced that a nursing school will be set up in Chitral next year.
District Nazim Haji Maghfirat Shah said we can minimize our problems with the existing resources if we worked with dedication and honesty.
District Coordination Officer Mutasim Billah Shah said we should play a responsible role to overcome the present crisis. He said the main reason behind development of other nations was that they prioritized their education system.--GH Farooqui