*ISLAMABAD: The **Ministry of National Health Services launches anunprecedented initiative in Pakistan.*
*The Ministry of National Health Services on Friday launched the first everhealth information portal titled ‘Pakistan Health Knowledge Hub’ (PHKH).*
Addressing an event in connection with the launch of the portal, Dr ZafarMirza, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health, lauded theministry’s efforts for developing a one-stop portal for provision ofessential government documents, reports, strategies and legislationdocuments related to the health sector.
“We must make a shift in order to effectively utilise and implement theavailable information from routine public sector practice to ensuring itsavailability through the knowledge hub in real-time,” he said.
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The special assistant stressed that the ministry needs to internallyinstitutionalise this initiative and make all possible efforts to keep theknowledge hub updated with new information and documents.
“Pakistan Health Knowledge Hub is an open-access resource and will functionas a technical resource for government officials, academics, researchers,policy developers and decision makers besides all members of the generalpublic,” he said.
