A meeting of the 7th District AIDS Council, Muzaffar Garh was held on 18-October-2024 at 11:00 AM in the CEO DHA Muzaffar Garh Office’s associated conference room. Meeting was started with commencement of the recitation of some verses Holy Quran. The meeting was chaired by Dr. Rao Zaffar Abbas (CEO, & Dr. Athar Farooq District Health Officer District Health Authority Muzaffar Garh) and Co-chaired by Mr. Muhammad Imran (Manager District Coordination Pakistan and Mr. Faisal Khalil- Site Manager-Muzaffar Garh. The participants of the District AIDS Council meeting are as follows. Athar Farooq (DHO DHA Muzaffar Garh) Mr. Muhammad Imran (Manager District Coordination Pakistan) Mr. Faisal Khalil (Site Manager, Nai Zindagi Trust – Muzaffar Garh) Dr. Muhammad Saqib (Medical Officer, District Jail Muzaffar Garh), Arshad Hussain Deputy Superidendent Jail Muzaffar Garh Mr. Bilal Akthar- Inspector District Police Office, Mr. Umer Ali ASI District Police office Dr. Muhammad Aslam-DDHO DHQ-Muzaffar Grah, Dr. Aslam Minhaj AMS-DHQ Muzaffar Garh, Dr, Sana Umer (In charge – ART Center for HIV Clinic Muzaffar Garh), Zeeshan Ali-Journal Sectary Press Media Muzaffar Garh
Mr. Muhammad Imran addressed the meeting, welcomed everyone, and gave an overview of the DAC’s objectives. Mr. Muhammad Imran (Manager District Coordination) also shared an overview of the district’s current HIV/AIDS condition in PWID, including statistics, trends, and issues. Participants also shared challenges and parameters to be taken for reduction of HIV in district Muzaffar Garh. After detail discussion and suggestions given by relevant departments , Dr. Athar Farooq-DHO, DHA Muzaffar Garh, concluded the DAC meeting by praising the work between the Punjab AIDS Control Program and the Nai Zindagi Trust in delivering critical services and HIV treatment to affected people. The meeting concluded at 12:30 p.m. with a vote of gratitude to and from the Chair.
In this meeting, Nai Zindagi Trust highlighted its activities, performance, and actions taken to avoid PWIDs in District Muzaffar Garh until Sep 31, 2024.
