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University Offers Support in Continuous Medical and Nursing
Education
A five-team
delegation, headed by the Afghan Minister for Public Health, Dr.
General Sohaila Sediq, visited Aga Khan University (AKU) on 16 January
2003. This visit was part of a programme to seek expertise from
Pakistan's medical, educational and training centres, and discuss
various options in which assistance could be offered to improve
health conditions in Afghanistan. AKU is part of Aga Khan Development
Network (AKDN), a group of private international development agencies,
founded by His Highness the Aga Khan, which work in the developing
countries of Asia and Africa. AKDN is playing a continual role in
the economic, social and culture development of Afghanistan, with
US $75 million committed by His Highness the Aga Khan in 2002 towards
the reconstruction of the country.
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| Dr.
General Sohaila Sediq, Afghan Minister for Public Health, receives
a souvenir from Shamsh Kassim-Lakha, President, AKU. |
The Minister
was accompanied by Dr. Abdullah Fahim, Director of the Foreign Relations
Department of the Ministry of Public Health; Dr. Khalil Mossadegh,
President of the Intermediate Medical Educational Institute of Kabul;
Dr. Arabshah, Director of the Intermediate Medical Educational Institute
of Kabul; Dr. Bashir Noormal, World Health Organisation Education
and Training Coordinator; members of the Consulate of Afghanistan
in Karachi and Dr. Ashfaq Ahmed, Deputy Director General, Ministry
of Health, Government of Pakistan. The delegation was impressed
by the physical environment, as well as the architecture of the
University.
The Afghan delegation
met with Shamsh Kassim-Lakha, President of AKU and senior leadership
of the University and exchanged views on the possibilities and scope
of extending support of health services to the people in Afghanistan.
The Minister noted that AKDN had established credibility with the
Afghan government by virtue of timely and effective implementation
of various programmes.
At the request
of the Afghan government, AKU offered help in providing postgraduate
medical education through residency programmes for Afghan physicians
at Aga Khan University Hospital and BScN programmes at the School
of Nursing. AKU nursing programmes are already in operation in Afghanistan.
To respond to the need for continuing medical and nursing education,
AKU also offered to develop programmes specifically for capacity
building of medical and nursing faculty in Afghanistan.
The delegation
appreciated His Highness's long-term commitment to Afghanistan as
well as the high quality of programmes and services offered by AKU.
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