NUST Consulting with its Healthcare Department has not only imparted short-term post-graduate training to over 600 health professionals in the innovative areas of hospital management, occupational health, health systems management, pharmaceutical marketing, nursing management, healthcare waste management, etc., but has also undertaken significant public health projects in the areas prioritized by the government. These included:
i. Post-intervention KABP study on HIV-AIDS among Industrial Sector & LDTD in
Pakistan – funded by ILO
ii. Hospital Waste Management Project – funded by Ministry of Environment
iii. Mid-term Evaluation of PM program related to interventions in Primary Health
Care in Pakistan – funded by UNDP
iv. Implementing HCWM Guidelines in HCE – funded by EMRO, WHO
v. Projects in development stage are:
(Concept paper forwarded to HQ NUST for necessary approval)
• R & D in Pharmaceutical Sector & Integrative Medicine
• Hospital Waste Management Project: An integrated model
• Attachment of recognized panel of Radiologists / Sonologists with NC mediated Ultrasound Evaluation Board
• Safe & Health Plus Foods
• Comprehensive School Health Initiative
• Hospital Consultancy & future health sector development projects of HQ NUST focusing on paramedics, medical technologists, pharmacists, epidemiologists, etc
• Health Systems Research Centre (HSRC) under NUST addressing all above areas as an integrated unit
With a highly experienced team of Healthcare Consultants, Program Managers, Research Associates and strategic support from institutes like Army Medical College, attached hospitals & laboratories; NC’s healthcare department under its principal resource & HoD (Healthcare) has the capacity and means to ensure long-term solutions to most issues in healthcare industry. A series of public health programs and research-based projects have been identified for enhancing efficiency and effectiveness in the healthcare sector through focused interventions.