Islamabad: (Parliament Times) The prevailing corona pandemic has
strongly underpinned the significance and practicality of digital tools and
mechanisms with telehealth being the most recognized one as health systems
around the globe are under increasing stress. These changing trends in healthcare
systems towards digital means have further underscored the need for knowledge,
skill development and capacity building of telehealth providers.
Realizing this emerging demand, COMSATS has
partnered with the World Health Organization (WHO), Pakistan, and the Ministry
of National Health Services Regulations and Coordination, Government of
Pakistan, for training of doctors and paramedics involved in providing
telehealth services relating to Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and
Adolescent Health (RMNCAH).
Being held from 8th June to 12th June
2020, the first phase of the training will help build relevant capacity of the
doctors in Pakistan working for maternal and child healthcare services, with
the aim to aid the healthcare system suffering a major setback due to closure
of regular OPDs in some areas of the country amid lockdown.
Master trainers from WHO shall train a number
of participants including those from COMSATS Tele-clinics, Human Development
Foundation (HDF) and Sehat Kahani, by using various demonstration tools and
equipment.