To address the growing concern of malnutrition in Punjab, the University of Health Sciences (UHS), UNICEF Pakistan, and the Punjab govt have jointly launched a project focused on nutrition-specific curricular reforms and capacity building for healthcare professionals across the province.
The initiative, titled “Nutrition-Specific Curricular Reforms and Capacity Development for Healthcare Professionals of Punjab,” aims to revise and harmonize undergraduate and postgraduate nutrition curricula offered by UHS-affiliated institutions.
A formal agreement to this effect will be signed soon between UNICEF and the Punjab government. Project duration will be two and a half years.
In this regard, a meeting of the core committee to outline the project’s framework was held at UHS on Friday.
It was chaired by Vice Chancellor Prof Ahsan Waheed Rathore and attended by UNICEF Punjab’s nutrition specialist Ms Najma Ayub, Pro-Vice Chancellor Prof Nadia Naseem, Head of UHS Medical Education Department Prof Sumaira Ehsan, Director International Linkages Dr Midhat Salman, and other senior faculty members.