Federal Minister Health Syed Mustafa Kamal today visited the National Institute of Health Islamabad. The Minister went round vaccination production facility and high-tech laboratories including public health labs, polio regional reference laboratory and water & food testing lab. The Minister also visited National Health Data Center. Later a detailed briefing was given to the Minister by CEO NIH Dr. Muhammad Salman.
Addressing the NIH scientists Syed Mustafa Kamal said that NIH had huge potential and we need to optimally utilized this capacity to protect the health and wellbeing of people of Pakistan. He directed that all our efforts be made to ensure enhancement of indigenous of vaccine production so that we achieve national self-reliance in this critical field. The Minister directed that NIH must make water and sanitation an integral part of its disease prevention and control strategy. He said that most of the diseases inflicting the people of Pakistan are waterborne diseases. Unless and until we address the problem of water contamination we cannot achieve the vision of a health Pakistan. We must create awareness and engage all stakeholders to achieve this end.
