National
January 12, 2021
LAHORE: Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department Capt. (retd) Muhammad Usman has stated that with the use of new technologies and sustained cooperation of all partners the Punjab would become TB-Free by stipulated timeframe of 2030.
He stressed that TB Control was one of his flagship programmes and an integral cornerstone of Provincial Health Strategy of the Punjab. He maintained the provincial government was attaching a very high priority to social sectors, particularly health, in an effort to improve health indicators and outcomes in the province.
He was delivering a keynote address at the launch of a project for intensifying TB case detection through pharmacies with the help of Pakistan’s first mobile application (e-TB) for notifying TB patients through pharmacies.