On 3rd September in Islamabad the Technical Working Group on Integrated Community Case Management (ICCM) convened under the chairmanship of Dr. Muhammad Ayyaz Mustafa, Deputy National Coordinator of the Common Management Unit (CMU). The meeting assembled representatives from WHO, VBD & CDC Sindh, IVMP Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, MCM Balochistan and NRSP, alongside WHO National Professional Officers focused on TB, HIV and malaria.
Participants discussed practical ways to strengthen integrated and collaborative approaches across the three disease programmes to improve service delivery and fortify the health system. Emphasis was placed on aligning programme activities to reduce fragmentation and ensure that ICCM remains central to community-level care for children and vulnerable populations.
Delegates highlighted the need to embed ICCM within Primary Health Care platforms as a pathway to advance Universal Health Coverage, reinforce referral systems and enable disease-specific integration where needed. The conversation stressed people-centred service delivery that preserves continuity of care and makes health services more accessible and coordinated at the local level.
Moving forward the group agreed to prioritise coordination between provincial partners and national stakeholders to translate these integration goals into sustainable practice. Strengthening ICCM through collaborative planning and enhanced referral linkages was identified as key to delivering equitable, quality health outcomes across Pakistan.
