One-Day HIV/TB Collaborative Capacity Building Training on Overcoming Barriers for Strengthening Integrated Service Delivery was held on 12th November 2025 at Regalia Hotel, Islamabad, under the leadership of Dr Abdul Wali, Deputy National Coordinator CMU.
The event featured key moments from expert sessions, live demonstrations, and interactive group discussions, conducted with the support of the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations & Coordination and the Common Management Unit (CMU).
A focused session on Prevention of Parent-to-Child Transmission (PPTCT) of HIV and Management of Children Living with HIV was held under CMU. The Deputy National Coordinator highlighted strengthening maternal services, early diagnosis, and paediatric ART access to eliminate vertical transmission and ensure no child in Pakistan is born with HIV.
Senior leadership at M/o NHSR&C held a high-level meeting on 4th Nov. 2025 to review Pakistan’s HIV response. Multiple stakeholders including UN Partners and Community Representatives attended the meeting.
On 3rd September 2025, the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations & Coordination (MoNHSR&C), through the Common Management Unit (CMU) for AIDS, TB, and Malaria, convened a National Stakeholder Meeting to deliberate on the upcoming Joint TB Programme Review Mission (JPRM) 2025. The meeting engaged the international and national partners to review the proposed scope and workstream of the mission based on recommendations of TB epidemiological review 2025 which was held in July 2025.
JPRM 2025 will serve as a critical platform to evaluate progress since the 2022 review, address persistent gaps, and inform the development of the National, Provincial and Regional Strategic Plans 2027–2029 and the Global Fund GC-8 funding request. This consultative process underscores Pakistan’s commitment to an evidence-driven and collaborative TB response.
On 26th August 2025, the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations & Coordination (MoNHSR&C), through the Common Management Unit (CMU) for AIDS, TB, and Malaria, organized a 01-Day Capacity Building Training for HIV Counsellors at the Burney Auditorium, NIH, PM Health Complex, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad.
Experts from WHO, APLHIV and PIMS led technical sessions during the activity, that brought together counsellors from Federal (ICT), Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK), and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), while counsellors nominated by the Provincial Director, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa AIDS Control Program, under the Integrated HIV, Hepatitis & Thalassemia Control Program (IHHTCP-KP), joined the sessions virtually.
This training was planned following a joint assessment conducted by the CMU, which identified major gaps in counselling services at ART Centres, particularly across the northern regions.
The initiative was made possible through the leadership of Dr. Ayaz Mustafa, Deputy National Coordinator – CMU towards strengthening counsellors’ technical capacity and standardize counselling practices to ensure integrated, stigma-free, and patient-centered HIV service delivery across Pakistan.
