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Ministry of Planning, Development & Special Initiatives

Baltistan: Hamdard Force

November 27, 2025

As part of implementing MHPSS pilot service in Baltistan, and with the support of United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Pakistan, a total of 70 community mental health workers have been registered and 55 have completed online Hamdard Force course to promote accessibility, acceptability, and scalability of mental healthcare at the level of the community in two target districts – Skardu (31) and Ghanche (39).

Baltistan: Building capacity of primary care physicians

November 21, 2025

As part of a MHPSS pilot implementation in Baltistan, a mhGAP training workshop was held in Skardu on 11th November – 15th November 2025. This was attended by seventeen primary care physicians and two clinical psychologists working in the primary healthcare facilities in the region.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Building capacity of primary care physicians & clinical psychologists

November 18, 2025

As part of implementing MHPSS pilot services in two target districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - Haripur and Kohat – four training workshops have been conducted from September 2025 to October, 2025 to train 76 primary care physicians and 12 clinical psychologists to strengthen their capacity for managing common mental health conditions.

Hamdard Force: Capacity Building III

November 13, 2025

As part of the capacity building plan for implementing MHPSS pilot services in two target districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - Haripur and Kohat, a total of 396 community mental health workers completed the Hamdard Force online training courses in October 2025. Just under two third of the participants preferred to complete the course in Urdu.

Hamdard Force: Capacity Building II

November 11, 2025

Based on a pre-defined inclusion criterion, and in a collaborative paradigm in the pilot districts of Kohat and Haripur, nominations were received for Hamdard Force from Departments of Health, Education, Special Education, Social Welfare, Women Empowerment and others.

Hamdard Force: Capacity Building I

November 4, 2025

As part of implementing MHPSS pilot services in two target districts - Haripur and Kohat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - 13 Hamdard Force training workshops have been conducted in each district during the month of October, 2025. The training workshops were facilitated by eight trained clinical psychologists from Handicap International and supervised by the MHPSS team at the MHSP&C Unit. The training workshops have been supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through GIZ in Pakistan and its implementing partner, Handicap International.