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LAHORE: A 16-member delegation from Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, Nigeria Tuesday paid a visit to the Institute of Public Health (IPH) in Lahore and appreciated the role of IPH in promotion of health education and prevention of diseases.

Led by Dr. Nasaraeen Usman, the delegation met the Dean IPH Professor Dr. Zarfishan Tahir and other faculty members. Dr. Zarfishan Tahir apprised the delegation about the role of IPH in prevention of diseases, alarm generating regarding spreading of diseases. She also informed them about undergraduate and Post Graduate degree courses in different fields of public health and hospital management and research work being conducted by the IPH.

She stated that the government besides, providing diagnostic and treatment facilities to the people in public sector hospitals is also focusing on prevention of diseases program so that disease burden on the hospitals could be reduced. She said that the change IPH would play an effective role in promoting health education, research in prevention and control of diseases and spreading awareness of public health in the society.