Press Releases 2008
Bagh’s Health Staff Honored For Supporting $28m USAID Project
March 19, 2008
Bagh, March 19, 2008 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) today recognized Health Department staff of Bagh district, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), for their efforts to improve public health services in the area through the agency’s $28 million healthcare project.
“USAID works with local health officials and citizens to integrate, improve, and expand the network of health services for residents of the earthquake-affected areas of Pakistan,” said USAID/Pakistan Earthquake Reconstruction Deputy Team Leader Marilee Kane. “Those who are receiving certificates today have helped local health facilities serve their communities better.”
Supported by USAID’s Primary Healthcare Revitalization, Integration, and Decentralization in Earthquake-Affected Areas (PRIDE) project, the Bagh health department members helped to increase the efficacy of child immunization in health centers and improved hygiene practices.
In a related ceremony, USAID, AJK, and Bagh District officials broke ground for a $100,000 prefabricated in-service training facility building for health care professionals. The new building will replace a facility destroyed in the October 2005 earthquake.
PRIDE supports primary health programs in 95 basic health units and 22 rural health centers in Bagh and Mansehra districts. The project is part of USAID’s four-year, $200 million Earthquake Reconstruction Program that is building schools and health facilities, supporting quality health and education services, and improving economic activities in the quake-affected areas of North-West Frontier Province and AJK.