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| August 13, 2003 | Wednesday | Jumadi-us-Sani 14, 1424 |
Pakistan to train Sudanese doctors
ISLAMABAD, Aug 12: Pakistan will provide short-term and long-term training to Sudanese doctors, nurses and paramedics, while the two countries would also enhance cooperation in the fields of pharmaceuticals and medical equipment.
Federal Health Minister Mohammad Nasir Khan said this during the signing of an agreement between Pakistan and Sudan here on Tuesday.
The ceremony was also attended by Dr Ahmed Bilal Osman, Federal Health Minister of Sudan. During his three-day visit to Pakistan, the Sudanese minister met Mohammad Nasir Khan, high- ranking officials, professionals in the health sector and pharmaceutical units and the National Institute of Health (NIH).
Mr Khan told the reporters that Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Association (PPMA) would invite a Sudanese delegation to visit Pakistan for enhancing links in pharmaceuticals, while a team from Pakistan would also visit Sudan in reciprocity.
He said a standing committee comprising senior officials of the ministries of health of the two countries would be constituted soon to facilitate the implementation of this joint declaration.
Pakistan had exported medicines worth $1.3 million to Sudan last year, while in 2001 it exported medicines worth $740,000.
The agreement includes exchange of information and cooperation in the fields of communicable disease surveillance, disease early warning system (DEWS), control and prevention of malaria, tuberculosis (TB), HIV/AIDS and other communicable diseases and production of vaccines.
During the meeting, Mr Khan assured his counterpart of Pakistan government’s willingness to strengthen its relations with Sudan in the health sector and emphasized that Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali had also desired for close cooperation in this regard. He told the Sudani minister that Pakistan had a pharmaceutical base of $1 billion.
Dr Osman appreciated Pakistan’s impressive infrastructure in the health sector and said instead of looking towards West, the two countries should share each other’s experience and resources.
He said Pakistan was among few Islamic countries, which had made great progress in medical field adding that advanced technical expertise available with Pakistan could be shared with Sudan.
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