Preparations in full swing to organize three-day Thar Festival in Mithi
District Administration in collaboration with Tharparkar, Thar Foundation and all other concerned departments have decided to organize three day Thar Festival.
The theme “Thar Badlega Pakistan” on 19, 20 and 21st of next month at Marvin ground in Mithi.
This was stated by Deputy Commissioner Tharparkar Mohammad Nawaz Khoso while presiding over a meeting to review the arrangements for organizing Thar Festival at Darbar Hall Mithi.
He further said that the main objective of Thar Festival is to introduce Thar as a civilized, desert of peace to all over the world.
‘20 out of 30 districts of Sindh not providing mental health facilities’
National
February 2, 2021
SUKKUR: As many as 20 out of 30 districts of Sindh do not have mental health facilities, while one of the most underprivileged districts, Tharparkar, has taken the lead to initiate the provision of sustained mental health programme through a network of health workforce.
During the concluding ceremony of a three-day training workshop on ‘Telehelp Services on Mental Health’, Chairman, Sindh Mental Health Authority (SMHA), Senator Dr Karim Khawaja, said the mental health facilities would be provided through a multi-level partnership, including SMHA, Thar Foundation, Sindh Health Department, Civil Hospital Mithi, Sir Cowasjee Institute of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Hyderabad (SCIPBS), and Liaquat University of Medical & Health Licenses (LUMHS). He said the services would connect the mental health patients with the health professionals at various levels through a netw
Community health workers to be engaged to curb mental illnesses in Thar
Community health workers to be engaged to curb mental illnesses in Thar
According to the World Health Organisation, around 34% people in developing countries suffer from mental health disorders. PHOTO: FILE HYDERABAD:
As Sindh faces a dearth of psychiatrists, despite the ever-rising number of cases of mental illnesses, the Sindh government, in a first, is going to employ community health workers in Tharparkar district to reach out to such patients.
Sindh Mental Health Authority (SMHA) chairperson Senator Dr Karim Khawaja made this announcement at the concluding ceremony of a three-day training workshop, titled Telehelp services on Mental Health , on Wednesday.