LAHORE: Punjab will prepare its 10-year Dengue Strategy in light of the review and discussion by local and international experts, said Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid at the International Dengue Conference 2020 at a local hotel here on Thursday.
Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Sardar Usman Buzdar was the chief guest and pledged complete support for the control of dengue in Punjab.
Also present at the occasion were Advisor to Chief Minister on Health Hanif Khan Pitafi, Secretary Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department Capt (Retd) Usman Younas, Special Secretary PSH Ajmal Bhatti, Special Secretary SHME Nadir Chatha, Secretary Health Balochistan Mudassar Waheed Malik, Additional Secretary (Technical) PSH Dr Asim Altaf, Secretary Labor Sara Aslam, Program Managers, WHO and UNICEF representatives and experts on dengue in Punjab.
Punjab has organised the International Dengue Conference 2020, bringing together leading global experts to develop an action plan to control dengue in the wake of a global pandemic that has hit countries from Far East Asia to South Asia.
The minister said that Punjab has hired over 6000 dengue workers and the department has been strenuously working on cities hit hard by the epidemic. Punjab in the last low season has seen a decrease in cases by the efforts of the team led by Secretary PSH Captain (r) Usman Younas.
Dr Yasmin Rashid further said that the conference will help put together strategies that will not only be helpful for Pakistan, but also for other countries of the region.
