Venue: Pearl Continental Hotel, Lahore
Kangaroo Mother Care is a cost effective intervention for saving the lives of premature low birth weight babies. This involves prolonged skin to skin contact along with exclusive breastfeeding and proves to be an alternate to incubators, hence very useful in resource limited setups in many developing countries. Kangaroo Mothercare has been effectively implemented in Services Hospital with the support of UNICEF. This ceremony was organized by Policy and Strategic Planning Unit on 25th April 2017 with the support of UNICEF and collaboration of Jang Forum to share the success in implementation and to get political commitment for scaling up this intervention in the districts.
The meeting was chaired by Mr. Khawaja Salman Rafique, Minister Specialized Healthcare & Medical Education Department and Mr. Khawaja Imran Nazeer, Minister Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department. Mr. Ali Jan Khan, Secretary Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department also graced the occasion with his presence. Picture Gallery
Other prominent were Dr. Mukhtar Shah (Program Director, IRMNCH & Nutrition Program), Dr. Nadeem Zaka (Additional Program Director, PSPU), Mr. Douglas Higgins (Chief of Office, UNICEF Punjab), Dr. Tahir Manzoor (Health and Nutrition Specialist UNICEF Punjab), Dr. Rubina Sohail (Professor Obstetrics and Gynecology, SIMS), Dr. Tayyaba Waseem, Professor Obstetrics and Gynecology SIMS, Dr Fakhar Imam (VC, FJMU), Dr Shamsa Humayun (Professor Obstetrics and Gynaecology SGRH), Dr Zohra Khanum (Professor Obstetrics and Gynaecology SGRH), Dr. Samina (Medical Superintendent, Lady Aitchison Hospital).