Chandigarh: The Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGI) is going to share its best practices of healthcare with the Nepal Medical Association for a year and help the neighbouring country make a health plan.
The support is being provided to the association under a programme sponsored by the Ministry of External Affairs. The programme is aimed at enhancing skills and competencies of the neighbouring nation for addressing public health challenges and strengthening the efficiency of organisations in resource-constrained settings.
As many as 45 senior health officials from Nepal attended the six-day international public health management development programme (IPHMDP) by PGIMER that concluded at Hotel Parkview in Sector 24 on Saturday.
The programme was organised by PGIMER’s department of community medicine and school of public health, PGIMER, in collaboration with the Union ministry of external affairs (MEA) under the Indian Technical Economic Corporation (ITEC) scheme.
As many as 45 senior officials, including physicians, academicians and public health managers from Nepal, participated in the programme that was aimed at enhancing their skills and competencies for addressing public health challenges and strengthening the efficiency of organisations in resource-constrained settings.